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Vδ2-Jα rearrangements are frequent in precursor-B–acute lymphoblastic leukemia but rare in normal lymphoid cells
9 Dec 2003
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The frequently occurring T-cell receptor delta (TCRD) deletions in precursor-B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (precursor-B-ALL) are assumed to be mainly caused by Vdelta2-Jalpha rearrangements. We designed a multiplex polymerase chain reaction tified clonal Vdelta2-Jalpha rearrangements in 141 of 339 (41%) childhood and 8 of 22 (36%) adult precursor-B-ALL. A significant proportion (44%) of Vdelta2-Jalpha...
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