Rearrangement status of the malignant cell determines type of secondary IgH rearrangement (V-replacement or V to DJ joining) in childhood B precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1258-1265

  Steenbergen, E J ^a   Verhagen, O J H M ^a   Van Den Berg, H ^b   Van Leeuwen, E F ^b   Behrendt, H ^b   Slater, R R ^c   Von Dem Borne, A E G Kr ^a,c   Van Der Schoot, C E ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood B precursor ALL; MRD; Oligoclonality; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J CHAIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0030886433     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400720     Document Type: Article

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