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Detection and quantification of TEL/AML1 fusion transcripts by polymerase chain reaction in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Sept 1996
Nakao M, Yokota S, Horiike S, Taniwaki M, Kashima K, Sonoda Y, Koizumi S, Takaue Y, Matsushita T, Fujimoto T, Misawa S
Abstract excerpt
We investigated TEL/AML1 fusion mRNA in 108 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) (86 B-lineage ALL, 15 T-ALL, two mixed lineage ALL, and five other phenotypes) using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). TEL/AML1 transcripts were found in 14 patients (13%) including three relapsed patients, and were unexceptionally limited to B-lineage ALL patients. The incidence of TEL/AML1...
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