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T(1;21;8)(p34;q22;q22): a novel variant of t(8;21) in acute myeloblastic leukemia with maturation.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Dec 2011
Gmidène Abir, Frikha Rim, Sennana Hlima, Elghezal Hatem, Elloumi Moez, Saad Ali
Abstract excerpt
The complex variants of t(8;21) involving chromosomes 8 and 21 as well as another chromosome account for approximately 3% of acute myeloid leukemia patients. We report here a 30-year-old male patient with AML-M2. Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis using dual-color fluorescence ETO and AML1 probes located at 8q22 and 21q22 respectively showed an AML1/ETO fusion signal on the derivative chromosome 8. Whole...
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