FISH-negative cryptic PML-RARA rearrangement detected by long-distance polymerase chain reaction and sequencing analyses: A case study and review of the literature

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Kim, Min Jin ^a   Cho, Sun Young ^a   Kim, Myeong Hee ^a   Lee, Jae Jin ^a   Kang, So Young ^a   Cho, Eun Hae ^b   Huh, Jungwon ^c   Yoon, Hwi Joong ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Woo In ^a   Marschalek, Rolf ^d   Meyer, Claus ^d  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Green Cross Reference Laboratory   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD33 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 17; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650018082     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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