Molecular pathogenesis of CLL and its evolution

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 219-228

  Rodríguez, David ^a   Bretones, Gabriel ^a   Arango, Javier R ^a   Valdespino, Víctor ^a   Campo, Elías ^b   Quesada, Víctor ^a   López Otín, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Driver mutations; Methylome; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLONAL EVOLUTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLONAL EVOLUTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MUTATION;

EID: 84925500418     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-015-1733-0     Document Type: Review

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