Two cases of acute myeloid leukemia with t(16;21)(p11;q22) and TLS/FUS-ERG fusion transcripts

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 390-395

  Chang, Woong Rin ^a   Park, Il Joong ^a   Lee, Hyun Woo ^a   Park, Joon Seong ^a   Kim, Hugh Chul ^a   Kim, Hyon Joo ^a   Han, Jae Ho ^a   Cho, Sung Ran ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Erythrophagocytosis; t(16; 21)(p11; q22); TLS FUS ERG

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TLS ERG FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; TLS-ERG FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 22; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949313607     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2009.29.5.390     Document Type: Article

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