Acquired trisomy 21 and distinct clonal evolution in acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia in young monozygotic twins

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1082-1086

  Stark, Batia ^a,b,c   Jeison, Marta ^a   Preudhomme, Claude ^d   Fenaux, Pierre ^d   Ash, Shifra ^b,c   Korek, Yifat ^e   Stein, Jerry ^b,c   Zaizov, Rina ^b,c   Yaniv, Issac ^b,c  

^a Cancer Cytogenetic Laboratory   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Megakaryoblastic leukaemia; Trisomy 21; Twins

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MYELODYSPLASIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISOMY 18; TRISOMY 21;

CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOCYTIC, ACUTE; PREGNANCY; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0036046660     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03756.x     Document Type: Article

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