A novel BCR-ABL rearrangement in a Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia variant with thrombocythaemia

Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 230-232

  Rubinstein, R ^a   Purves, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BCR ABL; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Novel insertion sequence; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0031933325     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400917     Document Type: Article

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