Efficacy of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for Detecting PML/RARA Gene Fusion in Treated and Untreated Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1047-1053

  SCHAD, CHRIS R ^a   HANSON, CURTIS A ^a   PAIETTA, ELISABETH ^b   CASPER, JAMES ^c   JALAL, SYED M ^a   DEWALD, GORDON W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

4 ,6 diamino 2 phenylindole dihydrochloride; acute promyelocytic leukemia; APL; DAPI; FISH; fluorescence in situ hybridization; PML; promyelocytic leukemia; RARA; retinoic acid receptor alpha; SSC; standard saline citrate

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; METAPHASE; REMISSION;

EID: 0028053585     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-6196(12)61371-8     Document Type: Article

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