Analysis of clonal rearrangements of the Ig heavy chain locus in acute leukemia

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 5242-5250

  Height, S E ^a   Swansbury, G J ^a   Matutes, E ^a   Treleaven, J G ^a   Catovsky, D ^a   Dyer, M J S ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; RECOMBINASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLONING; CYTOGENETICS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN READING FRAME; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029904292     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.12.5242.bloodjournal87125242     Document Type: Article

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