Establishing the presence of the t(15;17) in suspected acute promyelocytic leukaemia: Cytogenetic, molecular and PML immunofluorescence assessment of patients entered into the M.R.C. ATRA trial

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 557-573

  Grimwade, David ^a,b   Howe, Kathy ^a   Langabeer, Stephen ^b   Davies, Lynne ^a   Oliver, Fiona ^b   Walker, Helen ^b   Swirsky, David ^c   Wheatley, Keith ^e   Goldstone, Anthony ^b   Burnett, Alan ^d   Solomon, Ellen ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; ATRA; PML; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 15/17; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CLINICAL TRIALS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 9444225115     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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