Preleukemic TEL-AML1-positive clones at cell level of 10-3 to 10-4 do not persist into adulthood

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 734-740

  Olsen, Marianne ^a   Madsen, Hans O ^a   Hjalgrim, Henrik ^b   Gregers, Jannie ^a   Rostgaard, Klaus ^b   Schmiegelow, Kjeld ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Adult; Childhood; Healthy; TEL AML1 fusion gene

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLONOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRELEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEL AML1 GENE;

ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; CHILD; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRELEUKEMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33751249033     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000243652.33561.0f     Document Type: Article

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