Near-triploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia mith TEL/AML1 translocation

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-495

  Bakhshi, Sameer ^a,b   Chitlur, Meera ^a   Cushing, Barbara ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; DNA; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 21Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TEL AML1 FUSION GENE; TRIPLOIDY;

CHILD; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, ACUTE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYPLOIDY; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 2542485313     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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