Identical cytogenetic clones and clonal evolution in pediatric monozygotic twins with acute myeloid leukemia: Presymptomatic disease detection by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 264-267

  Richkind, Kathleen E ^a   Loew, Thomas ^b   Meisner, Lorraine ^c   Harris, Charles ^c   Wason, Debra ^a  

^a GENZYME GENETICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Identical twins; Leukemia; Presymptomatic detection

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOGENETICS; EVOLUTION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONE CELLS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031842297     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199805000-00015     Document Type: Article

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