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Expression of the X-linked agammaglobulinemia gene, btk in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Apr 1994
Katz F E, Lovering R C, Bradley L A, Rigley K P, Brown D, Cotter F, Chessells J M, Levinsky R J, Kinnon C
Abstract excerpt
The gene which causes X-linked agammaglobulinemia, btk, has recently been identified as a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase expressed almost exclusively in B cells, and at all stages of B-cell differentiation. To assess the possibility of involvement of this gene in childhood B-cell malignancies, cells from 23 pediatric patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia were examined for expression and alteration of the...
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