Acute leukemia with PICALM-MLLT10 fusion gene: Diagnostic and treatment struggle

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-132

  Savage, Natasha M ^a   Kota, Vamsi ^a   Manaloor, Elizabeth J ^a   Kulharya, Anita S ^a   Pierini, Valentina ^b   Mecucci, Cristina ^b   Ustun, Celalettin ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PICALM-MLLT10 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 10; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CYTOGENETICS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; NAUSEA; NIGHT SWEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BONE MARROW CELL; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PATHOLOGY;

ALIAS;

ADULT; BLAST CRISIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION;

EID: 77957059485     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.07.126     Document Type: Article

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