Prognostic significance of TEL/AML1 rearrangement and its additional genetic changes in Korean childhood precursor B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Chung, Hee Young ^a   Kim, Kyung Hee ^a   Jun, Kyung Ran ^a   Jang, Seongsoo ^a   Park, Chan Jeoung ^a   Chi, Hyun Sook ^a   Im, Ho Joon ^a   Seo, Jong Jin ^a   Seo, Eul Ju ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

FISH; Precursor B ALL; TEL AML1 rearrangement

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RUNX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954858170     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.1.1     Document Type: Article

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