Molecular demonstration of BCR/ABL fusion in two cases with chronic myeloproliferative disorder carrying variant Philadelphia t(14;22)(q32;q11)

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 82-87

  Mantzourani, Marina ^a   Stamatopoulos, Kostas ^a   Abazis, Danai ^a   Kontopidou, Flora ^a   Viniou, Nora ^a   Pangalis, Gerassimos A ^a   Pangalos, Constantinos ^a   Loukopoulos, Dimitris ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030273016     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(96)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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