14q32 Translocations and risk of Richter transformation in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-133

  Deambrogi, Clara ^a   Cresta, Stefania ^a   Cerri, Michaela ^a   Rasi, Silvia ^a   De Paoli, Lorenzo ^a   Ramponi, Antonio ^b   Gaidano, Gianluca ^a   Rossi, Davide ^a  

^a Center of Biotechnology for Applied Medical Research (BRMA)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

14q32; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Richter syndrome; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICHTER SYNDROME;

AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 57449116575     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07398.x     Document Type: Letter

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