Lack of ETV6 (TEL) gene rearrangements or p16(INK4A)/p15(INK4B) homozygous gene deletions in infant acute lymphoblastic

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 979-983

  Maloney, K W ^a   Rubnitz, J E ^b,c   Cleary, M L ^d   Frankel, L S ^e   Hakami, N ^e   Link, M P ^e   Pullen, D J ^e   Hunger, S P ^a,f  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e (POG 9400) Pediatric Oncology Group   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

AML1; ETV6; HRX; Infant ALL; p16 and p15; TEL

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CYTOGENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030737992     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400687     Document Type: Article

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