Translocation(8;20;21)(q22;q13;q22) in acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation: A variant form of t(8;21)

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-41

  Wong, K F ^a   Kwong, Y L ^b   So, C C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; FLOXURIDINE; HEMOGLOBIN; RNA;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME BANDING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032007042     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(97)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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