Molecular analysis of infant acute leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 191-199

  Hilden, Joanne M ^a,b   Frestedt, Joy L ^a   Kersey, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AF 4; Infant leukemia; MLL; t(4; 11)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER GENETICS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 4Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031008891     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709114159     Document Type: Review

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