Clonal T-cell receptor γ and δ gene rearrangements in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia at diagnosis: Predictor of prognosis and response to chemotherapy

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 125-133

  Kode, Jyoti ^a   Dudhal, Navnath ^a   Banavali, Shripad ^a   Advani, Suresh ^a   Chiplunkar, Shubhada ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex analysis; Prognosis; Survival; T ALL; TCR and gene rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR DELTA; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR GAMMA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842279777     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000139657     Document Type: Article

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