A masked BCR/ABL rearrangement in a case of chronic myeloid leukemia with translocation t(3;9)(p14;q34)

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-74

  Bennour, Ayda ^a   Sennana, Halima ^a   Laatiri, Mohamed Adnène ^a   Khelif, Abderrahim ^a   Saad, Ali ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; BREAKPOINT CLUSTER REGION PROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, ABL; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 38849131989     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2007.11.007     Document Type: Letter

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