Acute promyelocytic leukemia harboring a STAT5B-RARA fusion gene and a G596V missense mutation in the STAT5B SH2 domain of the STAT5B-RARA

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-501

  Iwanaga, Eisaku ^a   Nakamura, Miki ^a   Nanri, Tomoko ^a   Kawakita, Toshiro ^a   Horikawa, Kentaro ^a   Mitsuya, Hiroaki ^a   Asou, Norio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; RETINOIC ACID; STAT5B PROTEIN;

ADULT; BRAIN RADIATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FATALITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPANESE; LETTER; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAT 5B RARA GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; STAT5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70350006853     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2009.01324.x     Document Type: Letter

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