Article
The p53 gene in pediatric therapy-related leukemia and myelodysplasia.
Blood - 15 May 1996
Felix C A, Hosler M R, Provisor D, Salhany K, Sexsmith E A, Slater D J, Cheung N K, Winick N J, Strauss E A, Heyn R, Lange B J, Malkin D
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the frequency of p53 mutations in 19 pediatric cases of therapy-related leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Eleven children presented with acute myeloid leukemia, one with mixed-lineage leukemia, two with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and five with myelodysplasia at times rangin...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
- Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating
- Base Sequence
- Bone Marrow
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Codon
- Combined Modality Therapy
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Infant
