Microsatellite instability and hMLH1 promoter hypermethylation in Richter's transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 411-415

  Fulop Z ^a   Csernus, B ^a   Timar B ^a   Szepesi, A ^a   Matolcsy, A ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Genetic instability; Lymphoma transformation; Richter's syndrome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTEIN MLH1;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0037330832     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402792     Document Type: Article

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