Cryptic insertion and translocation or nondividing leukemic cells disclosed by FISH analysis in infant acute leukemia with discrepant molecular and cytogenetic findings

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 876-882

  Watanabe, N ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Ichiji, O ^b   Yoshida, M A ^c   Kikuta, A ^d   Komada, Y ^e   Sekine, I ^f   Ishida, Y ^g   Horiukoshi, Y ^h   Tsunematsu, Y ⁱ   Yano, M ^j   Nakadate, H ^k   Kaneko, Y ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Cancer Center National Kyash   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^g EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h SHIZUOKA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ National Center for Child Health and Development   (Japan)

^j AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

11q23 translocation; Cryptic insertion and translocation; FISH; Infant acute leukemia; MLL rearrangement

Indexed keywords

MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIVISION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 1; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE PROBE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GERM LINE; HUMAN; INFANT; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0038528236     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402900     Document Type: Article

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