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Incidence of AML1/ETO fusion transcripts in patients entered into the MRC AML trials
1 Dec 1997
Abstract excerpt
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with the t(8;21)(q22;q22) is deemed to be a 'good-risk' disease. 396 patients with AML at diagnosis were screened for the presence of t(8;21) and AML1/ETO fusion transcripts by cytogenetic and RT-PCR techniques respectively. 32 cases of t(8;21) were detected, all of which were also PCR positive. A further 19 cases were detected at the molecular level, predominantly but not...
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