Discordant clinical presentation and outcome in infant twins sharing a common clonal leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-169

  Campbell, Myriam ^a   Cabrera, Maria Elena ^b   Legues, Maria Eugenia ^d   Ridge, Susan ^c   Greaves, Mel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ROBERTO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

leukaemia; MLL gene; twins

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CLONE CELLS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0029920585     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.455999.x     Document Type: Article

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