Clonal evolution as judged by immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangements in relapsing precursor-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Rosenquist, Richard ^a   Thunberg, U ^b   Li, A H ^b   Forestier, E ^b   Lonnerholm G ^b   Lindh, J ^b   Sundstrom C ^b   Sallstrom J ^b   Holmberg, D ^b   Roos, G ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Clonal evolution; Immunoglobulin gene; Precursor B ALL; Variable heavy chain gene

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CLONE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032817836     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1999.tb01765.x     Document Type: Article

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