Identification of an acute basophilic leukaemia carrying a rare e6a2 BCR-ABL transcript

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-218

  Grégoire, Marie José ^a   Latger Cannard, Véronique ^a   Staal, Anne ^b   Bologna, Serge ^a   Leotard, Brigitte ^a   Rault, Jean Philippe ^b   Béry Dexheimer, Mylène ^a   Jonveaux, Philippe ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Service d'Hématologie   (France)

^c CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD203C ANTIGEN; CD22 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD65 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; IMATINIB; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 22; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CYTOGENETICS; GENE PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; NIGHT SWEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOBLAST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, BASOPHILIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 33747080928     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094686     Document Type: Article

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