Chronic myeloid leukemia with minor-bcr breakpoint developed hybrid type of blast crisis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 320-325

  Ohno, Tatsuharu ^a   Hada, Shigefusa ^a   Sugiyama, Tateo ^a   Mizumoto, Takashi ^a   Furukawa, Hiroo ^a   Nagai, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Kobe Chuo Shimin Byoin   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCR ABL; Blast crisis; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Minor BCR rearrangement; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BCR ABL PROTEIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HYBRID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLAST CRISIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCR; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031895780     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199804)57:4<320::AID-AJH9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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