MLL self fusion mediated by Alu repeat homologous recombination and prognosis of AML-M4/M5 subtypes

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-122

  So, Chi W ^a   Ma, Zhi G ^b   Price, Cathy M ^c   Dong, Shuo ^b   Chen, Sai J ^b   Gu, Long J ^d   So, Cary K C ^a   Wiedemann, Leanne M ^c   Chan, Li C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031016620     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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