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Complex translocation (6;21;8), a variant of t(8;21), with trisomy 4 in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (M2).
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Feb 1999
Shinagawa A, Komatsu T, Ninomiya H
Abstract excerpt
The t(8;21)(q22;q22) is the second-most frequently observed nonrandom karyotypic abnormality associated with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), especially in FAB M2. Trisomy 4 is also a specific chromosomal abnormality for AML FAB M2 or M4. We experienced a 37-year-old woman with a morphologically AML FAB M2 carrying a rare complex translocation (6;21;8)(p21;q22;q22) resulting in AML1 gene rearrangement. A...
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