The t(12:21) is underrepresented in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Kerala, Southern India

Haematologica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 414-416

  Hill, Anita ^a,d   Short, Mike A ^a   Varghese, Cherian ^b   Kusumakumary, Parukutty ^b   Kumari, Priya ^b   Morgan, Gareth J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Childhood ALL; India; t(12; 21); TEL AML1 fusion gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 15244351432     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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