Additional chromosomal abnormalities and variability of BCR breakpoints in Philadelphia chromosome/BCR-ABL-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Taiwan

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-299

  Ko, Bor Sheng ^a,b   Tang, Jih Lu ^a   Lee, Fen Yu ^a   Liu, Ming Chi ^a   Tsai, Woei ^a   Chen, Yao Chang ^a   Wang, Chiu Hwa ^a   Sheng, Ming Chin ^a   Lin, Dong Tsam ^a   Lin, Kai Hsin ^a   Tien, Hwei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; BCR ABL; Philadelphia chromosome

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CYTOGENETICS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERNUMERARY CHROMOSOME; TAIWAN;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; GENES, ABL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036893467     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10227     Document Type: Article

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