Rare cytogenetic abnormalities and their clinical relevance in pediatric acute leukemia of Saudi Arabian population

Abstract Background Childhood Acute Leukemia (AL) is characterized by recurrent genetic aberrations in 60% of AML cases and 90% of ALL cases. Insufficient data exists of rare cytogenetic abnormalities in AL. Therefore, we tested rare cytogenetic abnormalities occurring in childhood AL and its effect...

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Main Authors: Nawaf Alkhayat, Ghaleb Elyamany, Yasser Elborai, Qanita Sedick, Mohammad Alshahrani, Omar Al Sharif, Abdulmalik Alenezy, Amjad Hammdan, Hatem Elghezal, Omar Alsuhaibani, Mansour S. Aljabry, May AlMoshary, Eman Al Mussaed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Molecular Cytogenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13039-019-0454-0