Familial acute myeloid leukaemia: Four male members of a single family over three consecutive generations exhibiting anticipation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 557-560

  De Lord, C ^a,b   Powles, R ^a   Mehta, J ^a   Wilson, K ^a   Treleaven, J ^a   Meller, S ^a   Catovsky, D ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Familial acute myeloid leukaemia; Trinucleotide repeats

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLELE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; PEDIGREE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031811725     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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