Incidence and implication of additional chromosome aberrations in acute promyelocytic leukaemia with translocation t(15;17)(q22;q21): A report on 50 patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 493-500

  Schoch, Claudia ^a,b   Haase, Detlef ^a,b   Haferlach, Torsten ^c   Freund, Mathias ^d   Link, Hartmut ^e   Lengfelder, Eva ^f   Löffler, Helmut ^c   Büchner, Thomas ^g   Fonatsch, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; Cytogenetics; Secondary chromosome aberrations; t(15; 17)(q22; q21)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029835098     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1829.x     Document Type: Article

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