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Duplication of Philadelphia chromosome and trisomy of chromosome 21 in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Dec 2011
Katsibardi Katerina, Braoudaki Maria, Papadhimitriou Stefanos I, Karamolegou Kalliopi, Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou Fotini
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The evaluation of molecular and cytogenetic characteristics using novel techniques has significantly contributed into the insight of leukemia. In this study, immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangements (V(H)D(H)J(H) region) were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Point mutations of the D835/I836 in the activation loop (AL) domain of the second tyrosine kinase domain of the fms-related tyrosine kinase...
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