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Variant of ETV6/ABL1 gene is associated with leukemia phenotype.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2013
Park Joonhong, Kim Myungshin, Lim Jihyang, Kim Yonggoo, Han Kyungja, Kim Jae Seok, Lee Seok, Kim Hee-Je, Min Woo-Sung
Abstract excerpt
The ETV6/ABL1 fusion transcript is thought to be a very rare aberration in hematopoietic malignancies. We describe two new cases of acute leukemia with the ETV6/ABL1 fusion, acute myeloid leukemia with eosinophilia (case 1) and B acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (case 2), screened by multiplex RT-PCR. The ETV6/ABL1 fusion was also confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization using a mixture of BCR/ABL1 and...
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