BCR translocation to derivative chromosome 2: A new case of chronic myeloid leukemia with a complex variant translocation and Philadelphia chromosome

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-447

  Al Achkar, Walid ^a   Wafa, Abdulsamad ^a   Almedani, Suher ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

BCR ABL rearrangement; Chromosomal aberrations; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Complex variant Philadelphia; Cytogenetics; Fluorescence in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 9Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME;

EID: 77955758077     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000078     Document Type: Article

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