Congenital acute megakaryoblastic leukemia (M7) with chromosomal t(1;22)(p13;q13) translocation in a set of identical twins

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 428-430

  Ng, Kee Chong ^a,b   Tan, Ah Moy ^a   Chong, Yap Yee ^a   Lau, Lai Cheng ^a   Lou, June ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia; Chromosomal translocation; Congenital leukemia; Identical twins

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 1; CONGENITAL CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TWINS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DISEASES IN TWINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOCYTIC, ACUTE; SPLENOMEGALY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033503450     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199909000-00017     Document Type: Article

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