The detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

doi:10.1016/0268-960x(92)90009-f

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The detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Blood reviews - 1 Jun 1992

Potter M N

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The detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) can be achieved by assessing leukaemia-specific features at a cellular, chromosomal or molecular level. The application of the polymerase chain reaction to the amplification of leukaemia-specific chromosomal transloc...

Topics

Humans
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell
Translocation, Genetic

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