A case of minor BCR-ABL1 positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia following essential thrombocythemia and originating from a clone distinct from that harboring the JAK2-V617F mutation

Experimental Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nagai, Yuya ^a   Kawahara, Masahiro ^a   Sugino, Noriko ^a   Shimazu, Yayoi ^a   Hishizawa, Masakatsu ^a   Yamashita, Kouhei ^a   Kadowaki, Norimitsu ^a   Takaori Kondo, Akifumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCR ABL1; JAK2 V617F; Lymphoblastic leukemia; Myeloproliferative neoplasms; Resistant clone; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BCR ABL PROTEIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DASATINIB; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; JANUS KINASE 2; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PHENYLALANINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN BCR ABL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; CELL SELECTION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULOCYTE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOSOMY 7; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTHEMIA;

EID: 84978025997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2162-3619-3-6     Document Type: Article

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