Cytogenetic abnormalities in acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage: An overview

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-39

  Manola, Kalliopi N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage; Chromosomal abnormalities; Mixed phenotype acute leukaemia; Undifferentiated leukaemia

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ABNORMALITIES UNDIFFERENTIATED LEUKEMIA; ACUTE BIPHENOTYPIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA OF AMBIGUOUS LINEAGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BCR ABL1 GENE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME 34Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DELETION 1; CHROMOSOME DELETION 12P; CHROMOSOME DELETION 20Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION 5; CHROMOSOME DELETION 5Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION 6Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION 7; CHROMOSOME DELETION 7P; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION 17; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 10; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 2; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 3; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 4; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 7; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX KARYOTYPE; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERDIPLOID KARYOTYPE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MIXED PHENOTYPE ACUTE LEUKEMIA; MLL GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIPLEX IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NORMAL KARYOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMY 21; POLYSOMY 8; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRE T LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SET NUP214 GENE; SEX RATIO; TRISOMY; TRISOMY 12; TRISOMY 13; TRISOMY 19; TRISOMY 21; TRISOMY 4; TRISOMY 8; X CHROMOSOME;

ACUTE LEUKAEMIA OF AMBIGUOUS LINEAGE; CHROMOSOMAL ABNORMALITIES; MIXED PHENOTYPE ACUTE LEUKAEMIA; UNDIFFERENTIATED LEUKAEMIA;

AGE FACTORS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETICS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, BIPHENOTYPIC, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884205814     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12484     Document Type: Review

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