Presence of N regions in the clonotypic DJ rearrangements of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain genes indicates an exquisitely short latency in t(4;11)-positive infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2272-2274

  Fasching, Karin ^a,b,c,d   Panzer, Simon ^a,b,c,d   Haas, Oskar A ^a,b,c,d   Borkhardt, Arndt ^a,b,c,d   Marschalek, Rolf ^a,b,c,d   Griesinger, Frank ^a,b,c,d   Renate Panzer Grumayer E ^a,b,c,d  

^a ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035496943     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.7.2272     Document Type: Article

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