Characterisation of the PML/RARα rearrangement associated with t(15;17) acute promyelocytic leukaemia

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 220, Issue , 1997, Pages 81-112

  Grimwade, D ^a   Solomon, E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030896978     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60479-9_6     Document Type: Review

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