MLL rearrangement with t(6;11)(q15;q23) as a sole abnormality in a patient with de novo acute myeloid leukemia: conventional cytogenetics, FISH, and multicolor FISH analyses for detection of rare MLL-related chromosome abnormalities

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Park, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Seung Tae ^a   Song, Jaewoo ^a   Lee, Kyung A ^a   Lee, Sang Guk ^a   Kim, Juwon ^a   Suh, Borum ^a   Kim, Sue Jung ^a   Lee, Jong Han ^a   Park, Rojin ^b   Choi, Jong Rak ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME ARM; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 6; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; HUMAN; MLL GENE; MULTICOLOR FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYELOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 55049131167     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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