Detection of c-myc oncogene amplification in a CML blastic phase patient with double minute chromosomes

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Karasawa, Masamitsu ^a   Okamoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Maehara, Tadashi ^a   Tsukamoto, Norifumi ^a   Morita, Kimio ^a   Naruse, Takuji ^a   Omine, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood smears; c myc; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Double minute chromosomes; Gene amplification; PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DOUBLE MINUTE CHROMOSOME; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030063410     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(95)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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