Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2111528 | Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A series of 92 Chinese children newly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were examined for the ETV6-RUNX1 (previously TEL-AML1) fusion gene by using a nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. ETV6-RUNX1 fusion transcripts were detected in 21 of 92 patients (22.8%): 16 with common ALL, 4 with precursor B-cell ALL, and 1 with T-ALL. The prevalence of ETV6-RUNX1 positivity was 24.7% (20/81) in childhood B-lineage ALL. The prevalence of ETV6-RUNX1 in Chinese pediatric ALL patients proved to be similar to that found in other countries.
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Authors
Yi-Jin Gao, Xiao-Hua Zhu, Yi Yang, Yue Wu, Feng-Juan Lu, Xiao-Wen Zhai, Hong-Sheng Wang,