Prenatal origin of hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia in identical twins

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2202-2206

  Maia, A T ^a   van der Velden, V H J ^b   Harrison, C J ^c   Szczepanski, T ^b   Williams, M D ^d   Griffiths, M J ^e   van Dongen, J J M ^b   Greaves, M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALL; High hyperdiploidy; IgH; Monozygotic twins; TCRD

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0242475207     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403101     Document Type: Article

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