Multiplex PCR for TCR delta rearrangements: A rapid and specific approach for the detection and identification of immature and mature rearrangements in ALL

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1050-1054

  Hettinger, Klaudia ^a   Fischer, Susanna ^a   Panzer, Simon ^a   Panzer Grümayer, E Renate ^a,b  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Childhood ALL; MRD; Multiplex PCR; T cell receptor delta rearrangements

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031684750     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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