Presence of clone-specific markers at birth in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 994-999

  Hjalgrim, L L ^a   Madsen, H O ^b   Melbye, M ^a   Jorgensen P ^c   Christiansen, M ^d   Andersen, M T ^c   Pallisgaard, N ^e   Hokland, P ^e   Clausen, N ^e   Schmiegelow, K ^b   Hjalgrim, H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Leukaemia; Prenatal origin; TEL AML 1 fusion gene; Tumour burden

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIRTH; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TEL AML1 FUSION GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, PRE-B-CELL; MALE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 18644369598     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600601     Document Type: Article

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