A new case of translocation t(6;11)(q21;q23) in a therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia resulting in an MLL-AF6q21 fusion

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-224

  Bernard, Olivier A ^a   Hillion, Josette ^a   Le Coniat, Maryvonne ^a   Berger, Roland ^a,b  

^a UF de Génétique Moléculaire HÔpital Lariboisière   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METAPHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031797572     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199807)22:3<221::AID-GCC7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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