A Doctor(s) dilemma: ETV6-ABL1 positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-102

  Malone, Andrea ^a   Langabeer, Stephen ^b   O'Marcaigh, Aengus ^a,c   Storey, Lorna ^a   Bacon, Christopher L ^a   Smith, Owen P ^a,c  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; ETV6 ABL1; haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; imatinib

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; IMATINIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TEL-ABL FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABL1 ONCOGENE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BLAST CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOBLAST; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 77956867821     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08323.x     Document Type: Letter

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