Cytogenetic and molecular genetic studies on a variant of t(15;17), ins(17;15)(q21;q14q22), in an acute promyelocytic leukemia patient

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-79

  Chen, Su Ning ^a   Xue, Yong Quan ^a   Wu, Ya Fang ^a   Pan, Jin Lan ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; Chromosome painting; Insertion; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CYTOGENETICS; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RELIABILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME PAINTING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

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EID: 1042276608     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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