TEL-AML1 fusion precedes differentiation to pre-B cells in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Pine, Sharon R ^a   Wiemels, Joseph L ^b   Jayabose, S ^a   Sandoval, Claudio ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Leukemogenesis; Minimal residual disease; Relapse; TEL AML1

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LATENT PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ADOLESCENT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHRONOLOGY; CLONE CELLS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037296853     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(02)00183-2     Document Type: Article

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