Long-template DNA polymerase chain reaction for the detection of the bcr/abl translocation in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4146-4151

  Waller, Cornelius F ^a   Dennebaum, Gereon ^a   Feldmann, Christoph ^a   Lange, Winand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, NEOPLASM; GENES, ABL; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033401739     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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