Double minute chromosomes contain amplified C-myc oncogene sequences in acute myeloid leukemia

Hematopathology and Molecular Hematology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 193-199

  Mohamed, Anwar N ^a   Mahalak, Sean ^a   Goldfarb, Stephen B ^b   Palutke, Margarita ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Garden City Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; c myc; Double minutes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; DOUBLE MINUTE CHROMOSOME; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL CHROMOSOME DELETION; MALE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030512392     PISSN: 10828893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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