Frequency of CBFβ/MYH11 fusion transcripts in patients entered into the U.K. MRC AML trials

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 736-739

  Langabeer, S E ^a   Walker, H ^a   Gale, R E ^a   Wheatley, K ^b   Burnett, A K ^c   Goldstone, A H ^a   Linch, D C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AML; CBF MYH11; inv(16)(p13q22); prognosis

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031057224     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2096.x     Document Type: Article

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