Sensitive non-radioactive PCR detection of clonal T-cell receptor-gamma gene rearrangements in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 995-998

  Haber, Michelle ^a   Kwan, Edward ^a   Zhu, Ling ^a   Marshall, Glenn M ^a   Norris, Murray D ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leukaemia; Minimal residual disease; PCR; Sequencing; T cell receptor gamma chain gene rearrangements

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030849444     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3243143.x     Document Type: Article

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