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Translocation (8;17)(p21;q21), a possible variant of t(15;17), in acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Jan 1994
Miura I, Nishinari T, Hashimoto K, Nimura T, Miura S, Miura A B
Abstract excerpt
We report a 64-year old man with typical features of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) [M3, French-American-British (FAB) classification] in whom a variant, t(8;17)(p21;q21), was detected. This is the second case of the same variant translocation to be reported. The breakpoint on 17q was similar to those described in cases with a standard translocation 15;17. Consequently, this chromosome break or rearrangement...
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