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Low frequency of TEL/AML1 in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Oct 1997
Kwong Y L, Wong K F
Abstract excerpt
Translocation (12;21)(p13;q22) is a recently characterized aberration in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and results in the fusion of the TEL and the AML1 genes. It is the most common translocation in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), occurring in about one third of the cases. To determine the frequency of TEL/AML1 in adult ALL, we studied 4 cases of T lineage ALL and 26 cases of B lineage ALL. Only one...
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