Article
Trisomy 8 in myelodysplasia and acute leukemia is constitutional in 15–20% of cases
8 Nov 2001
Abstract excerpt
The trisomy 8 found in malignancies may derive from a constitutional trisomy 8 mosaicism (CT8M), and in these cases the trisomy itself may be regarded as the first mutation in a multistep carcinogenetic process. To assess the frequency of CT8M in hematological dysplastic and neoplastic disorders with trisomy 8, an informative sample of 14 patients was collected. The data ascertained included chromosome analyses...
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