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Detection of an NRAS mutation in Erdheim-Chester disease

Authors :
April Chiu
Julie Teruya-Feldstein
Elena Pentsova
Laetitia Borsu
Omar Abdel-Wahab
David M. Hyman
Marc K. Rosenblum
Eli L. Diamond
Source :
Blood. 122:1089-1091
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
American Society of Hematology, 2013.

Abstract

To the editor: In a recent paper in Blood , Haroche et al reported dramatic efficacy of vemurafenib in 3 cases of multisystem and refractory Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis harboring the BRAF V600E mutation.[1][1] The findings of an ∼50% prevalence of BRAF

Details

ISSN :
15280020 and 00064971
Volume :
122
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Blood
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........c554a830148e7577d59cef7a9cfcac3a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2013-02-482984