Internal tandem duplication of fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 is associated with poor outcome in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome

Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 989-998

  Shih, Lee Yung ^a,b   Lin, Tung Liang ^a   Wang, Po Nan ^a   Wu, Jin Hou ^a   Dunn, Po ^a,b   Kuo, Ming Chung ^a   Huang, Chein Fuang ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia transformation; FLT3 mutation; Internal tandem duplication; Myelodysplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERROR; FEMALE; FLT3 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL TANDEM DUPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FMS-LIKE TYROSINE KINASE 3; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143053704     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20440     Document Type: Article

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