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the manuscript. This study was performed thanks to grants from the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer (ARC) and the Comités Morbihan and Ille-et-Vilaine of the Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer to S.H. and the MPN Research Foundation to R.K. M.V. is recipient of a scholarship from the French Ministry of Research (2009-2012) and benefited from a scholarship for short term scientific missions (November 2010) from MPN & MPNr-EuroNet (COST Action BM0902). M.V., J.B., and S.H. are members of MPN & MPNr-EuroNet. Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests. Contribution: S.H. designed the research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper; R.K. designed the research and analyzed data; M.V. performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper; D.O., A.H., and J.B. performed research and analyzed data; M.T. and J.-F.R. contributed patient samples and clinical data; and J.-M.C. contributed with scientific and technical advice and helped write the paper