Minimal residual disease (MRD) detection with translocations and T-cell receptor and immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients: a pilot study

Objective: Monitoring minimal residual disease has become increasingly important in clinical practice of ALL management. Break-point fusion regions of leukaemia related chromosomal aberrations and rearranged immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell-receptor (TCR) genes are used as leukaemia specific markers i...

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Main Authors: Muge Sayitoglu, M. Cem Ar, Ozden Hatirnaz, Seniz Ongoren, Umit Ure, Zafer Baslar, Sema Sirma, Yildiz Aydin, Ugur Ozbek, Burhan Ferhanoglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2008-09-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
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Online Access:http://www.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tjh&plng=eng&un=TJH-30922