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Chromosome Band 1p36 Contains a Putative Tumor Suppressor Gene Important in the Evolution of Chronic Myelocytic Leukemia
1 Nov 1998
Abstract excerpt
Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) is a common neoplasm of hematopoietic pluripotent stem cells. Although the evolution from chronic phase to blast crisis (BC) in CML patients is an inevitable clinical feature, little is understood about the mechanisms responsible for the transformation. We have previously performed allelotype analysis in CML BC and have detected frequent loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on the short...
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