Underestimation of inversion (16) in acute myeloid leukaemia using standard cytogenetics as compared with polymerase chain reaction: Results of a prospective investigation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 969-972

  Ritter, Markus ^a   Thiede, Christian ^a   Schäkel, Ulrike ^a   Schmidt, Manuel ^a   Alpen, Birgit ^a   Pascheberg, Ulrich ^b   Mohr, Brigitte ^a   Ehninger, Gerhard ^a   Neubauer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b Gemeinschaftspraxis L   (Germany)

Author keywords

AML M4Eo; CBF MYH11; Cytogenetics; Inversion (16); RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030861957     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.2933107.x     Document Type: Article

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