The distribution of MLL breakpoints correlates with outcome in infant acute leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 224-236

  Emerenciano, Mariana ^a   Meyer, Claus ^b   Mansur, Marcela B ^a   Marschalek, Rolf ^b   Pombo de Oliveira, Maria S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at diagnosis; Breakpoint; Infant; MLL; Prognostic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTRON; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MLL GENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKPOINTS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRONS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84875811765     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12250     Document Type: Article

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