A novel BCR-ABL fusion gene (e2/1a) in a patient with Philadelphia- positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia and an aggressive clinical course

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 791-794

  Byrne, J L ^a   Carter, G I ^a   Davies, J M ^b   Haynes, A P ^a   Russell, N H ^a   Cross, N C P ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCR ABL; BMT; CML; PCR; Philadelphia chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031729417     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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