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Are aberrant BCR--ABL transcripts more common than previously thought?
British journal of haematology - 1 Dec 2000
Wilson G A, Vandenberghe E A, Pollitt R C, Rees D C, Goodeve A C, Peake I R, Reilly J T
Abstract excerpt
We report the use of multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using 4% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for the detection of BCR-ABL transcripts in Philadelphia-positive disease. Three out of 50 cases [two out of 37 chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), one out of 13 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)] possessed rare breakpoints; an e19a2 and e13a3 in CML and an e1a3 in the ALL. We suggest that multiplex...
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