Monozygotic Twins with Congenital Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and T(4;11)(q21;q23)

Overview

Journal Cancer Genet Cytogenet

Date 1996 Jul 15

PMID 8697430

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Authors

E Bayar

T W Kurczynski

M G Robinson

M Tyrkus

A Al Saadi

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Abstract

Congenital acute lymphoblastic leukemia (CALL) is a rare disorder and is frequently associated with t(4;11)(q21;q23). To our knowledge this is the first case report of monozygous twins with CALL and t(4;11)(q21;q23).

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