Incidence of common chimeric fusion transcripts in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: An Indian perspective

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-19

  Bhatia, P ^a   Binota, J ^a   Varma, N ^a   Bansal, D ^a   Trehan, A ^a   Marwaha, R K ^a   Malhotra, P ^a   Varma, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; E2A PBX1 PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MLL AF4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN P190; TEL AML1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; B CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHIMERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 2 SUBUNIT; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860855061     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338260     Document Type: Review

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