GATA1 mutations in acute leukemia in children with Down syndrome

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-116

  Magalhães, Isis Quezado ^a   Splendore, Alessandra ^b   Emerenciano, Mariana ^b   Figueiredo, Alexandre ^b   Ferrari, Íris ^c   Pombo de Oliveira, Maria S ^b  

^a Departamento de Hematologia Oncologia Pediátrica SES DF   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MUTATION;

EID: 33646046509     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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