Frequency and clinical significance of the MLL gene rearrangements in infant acute leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1303-1307

  Taki, T ^a,b   Ida, K ^a   Bessho, F ^a   Hanada, R ^c   Kikuchi, A ^c   Yamamoto, K ^c   Sako, M ^d   Tsuchida, M ^e   Seto, M ^f   Ueda, R ^g   Hayashi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Ibaraki Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

11q23 abnormalities; Clinical features; Infant acute leukemia; MLL gene

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 9344249535     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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