Are Robertsonian translocations rare in cancers?

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-180

  Multani, Asha S ^a   Kacker, Raj K ^a,b   Pathak, Sen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASM;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031067577     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(96)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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