Deletion of the acetylcholinesterase locus at 7q22 associated with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-241

  Stephenson, Janet ^a,b   Czepulkowski, B ^a   Hirst, W ^a   Mufti, G J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACHE; AML; MDS; Tumour suppressor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GLOBIN GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRELEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0029863909     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(95)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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