Tandem duplications of the FLT3 receptor gene are associated with leukemic transformation of myelodysplasia

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1442-1446

  Horiike, S ^a   Yokota, S ^a   Nakao, M ^a   Iwai, T ^a   Sasai, Y ^a   Kaneko, H ^a   Taniwaki, M ^a   Kashima, K ^a   Fujii, H ^b   Abe, T ^a   Misawa, S ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

AML; FLT3; MDS; Mutation; Myelodysplasia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 16944366584     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400770     Document Type: Article

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