t(8;20)(q22;p13): A novel variant translocation of t(8;21) in acute myeloblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 733-735

  Xue, Yongquan ^a   Yu, Fei ^b   Xin, Yongna ^c   Lu, Daru ^c   Zou, Zhenghui ^b   Guo, Yu ^a   Xie, Xing ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

8; 21 translocation; Acute myeloid leukaemia; Fusion gene; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Variant translocation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030884512     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.2693088.x     Document Type: Article

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