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Mutant IDH: A Targetable Driver of Leukemic Phenotypes Linking Metabolism, Epigenetics and Transcriptional Regulation

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Pages 945-957 | Received 23 Jan 2016, Accepted 07 Apr 2016, Published online: 19 Jul 2016

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