Complex t(8;13;21)(q22;q14;q22)-A Novel Variant of t(8;21) in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML-M2)

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-256

  Udayakumar, Achandira Muthappa ^a   Alkindi, Salam ^b   Pathare, Anil Vasanth ^b   Raeburn, John Alexander ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Karyotype; Leukemia; Variant translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; OMAN; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 37449000879     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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