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Detection and quantitation of neoplastic cells in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, by use of the polymerase chain reaction
1 Oct 1991
Abstract excerpt
We report a simple and robust method for sensitive quantitation of leukaemic cells in acute lymphocytic leukaemia. Chain determining region 3 (CDR3) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene is a precise genetic marker for a patient's leukaemic clone. Quantitation of the leukaemic lymphocytes was achieved by use of the polymerase chain reaction to detect CDR3 at limiting dilution of DNA samples. Five patients were...
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