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Primary chromosomal rearrangements of leukemia are frequently accompanied by extensive submicroscopic deletions and may lead to altered prognosis
1 Jun 2001
Abstract excerpt
BCR/ABL fluorescent in situ hybridization study of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia(+) (Ph(+)) acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) indicated that approximately 9% of patients exhibited an atypical hybridization pattern consistent with a submicroscopic deletion of the 5' region of ABL and the 3' region of the BCR genes on the 9q(+) chromosome. The CML patients with deletions had a shorter survival time...
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