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Letter to the Editor

Cryptic ETV6–PDGFRB fusion in a highly complex rearrangement of chromosomes 1, 5, and 12 due to a chromothripsis-like event in a myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative neoplasm

Zeba N. SinghDepartment of Pathology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Stephanie RichardsDepartment of Pathology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Firas El ChaerDepartment of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Vu H. DuongDepartment of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Mary A. GudipatiDepartment of Pathology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Elizabeth O. WatersDepartment of Pathology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Sarah KoonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Matthew WebleyDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Beth PitelDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Nicole L. HoppmanDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Maria R. BaerDepartment of Medicine, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Ying S. ZouDepartment of Pathology, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1304-1307 | Received 13 Apr 2018, Accepted 19 May 2018, Published online: 11 Jul 2018

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