Identification of a MLLMLLT4 fusion gene resulting from a t(6;11)(q27;q23) presenting as a del(11q) in a child with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1570-1573

  De Braekeleer, Etienne ^a,b,c   Meyer, Claus ^d   Le Bris, Marie Josée ^c   Douet Guilbert, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Basinko, Audrey ^a,b,c   Morel, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Berthou, Christian ^c   Marschalek, Rolf ^d   Férec, Claude ^a,b,c   De Braekeleer, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE ET DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU MORVAN   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEMECOLCINE; FLOXURIDINE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEMOGLOBIN; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; VINCRISTINE; KINESIN; MLL PROTEIN, HUMAN; MLLT4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MYOSIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LETTER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOBLAST; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KINESIN; MALE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; MYOSINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955433270     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2010.494261     Document Type: Letter

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