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Familial partial monosomy 7 and myelodysplasia: different parental origin of the monosomy 7 suggests action of a mutator gene.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Jan 2001
Minelli A, Maserati E, Giudici G, Tosi S, Olivieri C, Bonvini L, De Filippi P, Biondi A, Lo Curto F, Pasquali F, Danesino C
Abstract excerpt
Two sisters are reported, both with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) associated with partial monosomy 7. A trisomy 8 was also present in one of them, who later developed an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) of the M0 FAB-type and died, whereas the other died with no evolution into AML. Besides FISH studies, microsatellite analysis was performed on both sisters to gather information on the parental origin of the...
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