Double Philadelphia masquerading as chromosome 20q deletion - A new recurrent abnormality in chronic myeloid leukaemia blast crisis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 442-448

  Reid, Alistair G ^a,d   Swanton, Soheila ^a   Grace, Colin ^b   Campbell, Lynda J ^c   Green, Anthony R ^a   Nacheva, Ellie P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Digital Scientific Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BCR ABL duplication; Chromosome 20; CML blast crisis; Secondary aberrations

Indexed keywords

ABELSON MURINE LEUKEMIA ONCOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 20; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; MALE; ONCOGENE; PATHOGENESIS; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BLAST CRISIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, PHILADELPHIA-POSITIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0242329730     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04606.x     Document Type: Article

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