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Genetic targets in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2013
Gowda Chandrika, Dovat Sinisa
Abstract excerpt
Acute leukemia represents 31% of all cancers diagnosed in children and 80% of it is of Lymphoblastic type. Multiple genetic lesions in the hematopoietic progenitor cells prior to or during differentiation to B and T cell lead to development of leukemia. There are several subtypes of Acute Leukemia based on chromosome number changes, the presence of certain translocations and gene mutations, each of which has...
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