A recurrent translocation, t(16;21)(q24;q22), associated with acute myelogenous leukemia: Identification by fluorescence in situ hybridization

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-105

  Shimada, Masayuki ^a   Ohtsuka, Eiichi ^b   Shimizu, Tohru ^c   Matsumoto, Tadashi ^d   Matsushita, Kakushi ^d   Tanimoto, Fumio ^a   Kajii, Tadashi ^a  

^a SRL INC   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^d Imamura Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 16; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; MALE; METAPHASE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA PROBES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030839808     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(96)00303-2     Document Type: Article

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