Detection of BCR/ABL rearrangements in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia using a highly sensitive interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization method (D-FISH)

Hematology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Mancini, M ^a   Nanni, M ^a   Sirleto, P ^a   De Cuia, M R ^a   Castoldi, G L ^a   Cilloni, D ^a   Cimino, G ^a   Mecucci, C ^a   Pane, F ^a   Annino, L ^a   Di Raimondo, F ^a   Santoro, A ^a   Specchia, G ^a   Tedeschi, A ^a   Todeschini, G ^a   Foa R ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult ALL; BCR ABL rearrangements; Conventional cytogenetics; Interphase D FISH; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHASE; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035071814     PISSN: 14664860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200079     Document Type: Article

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