Precursor-B-ALL with DH-JH gene rearrangements have an immature immunogenotype with a high frequency of oligoclonality and hyperdiploidy of chromosome 14

Leukemia

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1415-1423

  Szczepanski T ^a,b   Willemse, M J ^a   Van Wering, E R ^c   Van Weerden, J F ^c   Kamps, W A ^c   Van Dongen, J J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^c DUTCH CHILDHOOD ONCOLOGY GROUP   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; DH JH gene rearrangements; IGH gene; Minimal residual disease; Precursor B ALL

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 14; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENETICS; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0034850655     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402206     Document Type: Article

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