Article
Abnormalities of the long arm of chromosome 6 in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Blood - 15 Oct 1990
Hayashi Y, Raimondi S C, Look A T, Behm F G, Kitchingman G R, Pui C H, Rivera G K, Williams D L
Abstract excerpt
To determine the biologic significance of the structural rearrangements of the long arm of chromosome 6(6q) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at diagnosis, we studied 412 consecutive children whose leukemic cell chromosomes had been completely banded and identified 45 (11%) children with this...
Topics
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Ploidies
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
- Translocation, Genetic
