MLL/ENL fusion in congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a unique t(11;18;19)

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Horstmann, Martin ^c   Argyriou Tirita, Anthi ^b   Borkhardt, Arndt ^a   Kabisch, Hartmut ^c   Kapaun, Petra ^c   Winkler, Kurt ^c   Haas, Oskar A ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 18; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 19; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029933788     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(95)00276-6     Document Type: Article

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