Acute lymphoblastic leukemia with 4;11 translocation analyzed by a multi-modal strategy of conventional cytogenetics, FISH, morphology, flow cytometry and molecular genetics, and review of the literature

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-71

  Hayne, Cynthia C ^a   Winer, Eric ^b   Williams, Tara ^a   Chaves, Fernando ^a   Khorsand, Jila ^b   Mark, Hon Fong L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; ALL; fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); G banding; mixed lineage leukemia (MLL); t(4; 11)(q21; q23)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 4; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33745351045     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: 10960945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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