Improved rapid detection of the PML/RARα fusion gene in acute promyelocytic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1214-1216

  Diverio, D ^a   Riccioni, R ^a   Pistilli, A ^a   Buffolino, S ^a   Avvisati, G ^a   Mandelli, F ^a   Lo Coco, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

APL; PML RAR ; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL LYSATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030015860     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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