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Koduru PR, Chen W, Garcia R, Fuda F. Acquisition of a t(11;14)(q13;q32) in clonal evolution in a follicular lymphoma with a t(14;18)(q32;q21) and t(3;22)(q27;q11.2). Cancer Genet 2015; 208:303-9. [PMID: 25953460 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2015.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chromosome translocations involving an immunoglobulin (IG) locus and another gene, either BCL or MYC, are common events in B-cell lymphoma. Occasionally, two IG loci, one with BCL and the other with MYC, are simultaneously involved; such cases are classified as double-hit (DH) lymphomas. These tumors often show intermediate histologic features between those of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and those of Burkitt lymphoma. Patients with DH lymphoma have a poor prognosis. Rarely, lymphomas in which three IG loci are simultaneously involved with two different BCL genes and MYC have been reported. These cases are classified as triple-hit lymphomas; virtually all these are aggressive tumors with an even worse prognosis. We present here a unique case of follicular lymphoma (FL) with rearranged BCL2, BCL6, and BCL1 (also known as CCND1) genes. Lymphoma cells at first clinical relapse had a complex karyotype that included a t(3;22)(q27;q11) and t(14;18)(q32;q21). About 15 years after initial diagnosis, the lymphoma cells showed clonal cytogenetic evolution and acquired a t(11;14)(q13;q32). This article is the first case report of a low grade B-cell lymphoma that had three lymphoma-associated reciprocal translocations not involving MYC and that had a long indolent clinical course.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Clonal Evolution
- Cyclin D1/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Lymphoma, Follicular/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
- bcl-Associated Death Protein/genetics
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- Prasad R Koduru
- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Fueller F, Kubatzky KF. The small GTPase RhoH is an atypical regulator of haematopoietic cells. Cell Commun Signal 2008; 6:6. [PMID: 18823547 PMCID: PMC2565660 DOI: 10.1186/1478-811x-6-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Rho GTPases are a distinct subfamily of the superfamily of Ras GTPases. The best-characterised members are RhoA, Rac and Cdc42 that regulate many diverse actions such as actin cytoskeleton reorganisation, adhesion, motility as well as cell proliferation, differentiation and gene transcription. Among the 20 members of that family, only Rac2 and RhoH show an expression restricted to the haematopoietic lineage. RhoH was first discovered in 1995 as a fusion transcript with the transcriptional repressor LAZ3/BCL6. It was therefore initially named translation three four (TTF) but later on renamed RhoH due to its close relationship to the Ras/Rho family of GTPases. Since then, RhoH has been implicated in human cancer as the gene is subject to somatic hypermutation and by the detection of RHOH as a translocation partner for LAZ3/BCL6 or other genes in human lymphomas. Underexpression of RhoH is found in hairy cell leukaemia and acute myeloid leukaemia. Some of the amino acids that are crucial for GTPase activity are mutated in RhoH so that the protein is a GTPase-deficient, so-called atypical Rho GTPase. Therefore other mechanisms of regulating RhoH activity have been described. These include regulation at the mRNA level and tyrosine phosphorylation of the protein's unique ITAM-like motif. The C-terminal CaaX box of RhoH is mainly a target for farnesyl-transferase but can also be modified by geranylgeranyl-transferase. Isoprenylation of RhoH and changes in subcellular localisation may be an additional factor to fine-tune signalling. Little is currently known about its signalling, regulation or interaction partners. Recent studies have shown that RhoH negatively influences the proliferation and homing of murine haematopoietic progenitor cells, presumably by acting as an antagonist for Rac1. In leukocytes, RhoH is needed to keep the cells in a resting, non-adhesive state, but the exact mechanism has yet to be elucidated. RhoH has also been implicated as a regulatory molecule in the NFκB, PI3 kinase and Map kinase pathways. The recent generation of RhoH knockout mice showed a defect in thymocyte selection and TCR signalling of thymic and peripheral T-cells. However, RhoH-deficient mice did not develop lymphomas or showed obvious defects in haematopoiesis.
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- Florian Fueller
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Hygiene Institut, Abteilung für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Balkan M, Duran H, Onen A, Oral D, Isi H, Fidanboy M, Alp MN, Budak T. Cytogenetic and clinical studies of a male infant with disorder of sexual development: case report. Fertil Steril 2008; 90:2003.e13-6. [PMID: 18691707 DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2007] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/12/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To report a translocation between chromosomes 3 and 4: 46,XY,t(3;4)(p25;q31.3) in a male infant with a disorder of sexual development. DESIGN Case report. SETTING University hospital. PATIENT(S) A 1-year-old infant who presented with abnormal location of the urethral meatus. INTERVENTION(S) Cytogenetic analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and serum concentrations measurement (using peripheral blood), and clinical examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Karyotype and clinical findings. RESULT(S) On clinical examination, bilateral testicular volume and phallus were determined to be undersized. Serum concentrations of T and DHEAS were low. G-banding of his chromosomes showed that the patient had a balanced translocation involving chromosomes 3 and 4: 46,XY,t(3;4)(p25;q31.3). This karyotype finding was confirmed by FISH. The FISH analysis revealed the presence of sex-determining region (SRY). The proband inherited this translocation from his father. His sister had the same translocation. However, the father and sister of the proband were clinically normal. CONCLUSION(S) The presence of this chromosomal anomaly and hypospadias was unique to our patient compared with others with the 46,XY,t(3;4) translocation. Although no such association has been reported to date, we think that the severe hypospadias in our case might be associated with this translocation.
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- Mahmut Balkan
- Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
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Wong KF. Transformed follicular lymphoma with concurrent t(2;3), t(8;14) and t(14;18). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 173:68-70. [PMID: 17284373 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2006.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Revised: 08/08/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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An elderly Chinese man who had an 8-year history of follicular lymphoma presented with large B-cell lymphoma. The disease ran a rapidly fatal course with a terminal leukemic phase. Cytogenetic analysis of the transformed follicular lymphoma showed a complex karyotype of 48,Y,t(X;19)(q26;p13.3),t(2;3)(p12;q27),t(8;14)(q24.1;q32),+12,t(14;18)(q32;q21),+21. To my knowledge, this is the first reported case of simultaneous occurrence of t(2;3), t(8;14), and t(14;18) in transformed follicular lymphoma.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Fatal Outcome
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Lymphoma, Follicular/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Male
- Translocation, Genetic/genetics
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- K F Wong
- Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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Bernicot I, Morel F, Le Bris MJ, Bail JP, Douet-Guilbert N, De Braekeleer M. Rearrangement of the RHOH gene in a case of splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 170:78-9. [PMID: 16965962 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2006.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2006] [Revised: 04/12/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Okano A, Nakano S, Namura K, Yamada N, Uchida R, Fuchida SI, Okamoto M, Ochiai N, Shimazaki C. Unique three-way translocation, t(3;14;18)(q27;q32;q21), in follicular lymphoma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 159:174-6. [PMID: 15899393 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2004.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2004] [Revised: 10/07/2004] [Accepted: 10/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A 43-year-old woman was diagnosed as having stage IV follicular lymphoma. Phenotypically, the lymphoma cells were CD5(-), CD10(+), CD19(+), CD20(+), CD23(-), HLA-DR(+), and IgM-lambda(+). Conventional chromosomal analysis showed a three-way t(3;14;18)(q27;q32;q21) in the lymphoma cells, which was confirmed by spectral karyotyping (SKY) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Immunohistochemistry revealed that both BCL2 and BCL6 proteins were expressed in the lymphoma cells, whereas only the BCL6 gene, and not the BCL2 gene, was rearranged by Southern blotting. The patient received combination chemotherapy and has been well for 3 years. This is the first reported case showing a three-way translocation involving 2 major lymphoma-specific abnormalities, 3q27 and t(14;18)(q32;q21).
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Blotting, Southern
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Karyotyping
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- Akira Okano
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.
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Bosga-Bouwer AG, van Imhoff GW, Boonstra R, van der Veen A, Haralambieva E, van den Berg A, de Jong B, Krause V, Palmer MC, Coupland R, Kluin PM, van den Berg E, Poppema S. Follicular lymphoma grade 3B includes 3 cytogenetically defined subgroups with primary t(14;18), 3q27, or other translocations: t(14;18) and 3q27 are mutually exclusive. Blood 2003; 101:1149-54. [PMID: 12529293 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v101.3.1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chromosomal translocations involving t(14;18)(q32;q21) and the chromosome 3q27 region are common in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma of germinal center cell origin. Grade 3B follicular lymphoma (FL), consisting almost exclusively of centroblasts, is a distinct subgroup of follicular lymphomas that has more in common clinically with the aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphomas than with their indolent FL grade 1 and 2 counterparts. We studied the cytogenetic and molecular genetic aberrations by classic cytogenetics, polymerase chain reaction, Southern blot hybridization, and fluorescence in situ hybridization, with special emphasis on t(14;18), affecting bcl-2, and 3q27 rearrangement, affecting bcl-6, in 32 cases of FL grade 3B. Three distinctive subgroups were identified based upon the existence of breakpoint 3q27, a translocation t(14;18), or the absence of both. Group I involved a t(14;18) and no 3q27 aberrations (n = 13); group II was without a t(14;18) and without 3q27 aberrations (n = 9), but had other cytogenetic aberrations; and group III was without a t(14;18) but with aberrations involving 3q27 (n = 10). None of the FL grade 3B cases harbored both a t(14;18) and 3q27 aberration. These results, in particular the finding of a mutual exclusiveness of bcl-2 and bcl-6 rearrangement, indicate at least 3 different pathways of oncogenesis in FL grade 3B. FL grade 3B with bcl-2 rearrangement probably is part of the same entity as the other follicular lymphomas (1, 2, 3A), whereas the cases with 3q27 abnormalities or other unrelated translocations are more closely related to the majority of diffuse large-cell lymphomas of germinal center cell origin.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, bcl-2
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Follicular/classification
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Lymphoma, Follicular/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Translocation, Genetic
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Kumari P, Mukherjee G, Rao CR, Devi MG, Biswas S, Appaji L, Arunakumari BS, Padma M, Bapsy PP, Sundareshan TS. Cytogenetic study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma from South India. histologic and geographic correlations. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2003; 141:14-9. [PMID: 12581893 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(02)00648-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cytogenetic analysis of fine needle aspiration cultures was performed on 189 patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma from South India. Successful karyotyping was possible in 97 patients (51.3%). Burkitt lymphoma constituted 56% of the cases studied followed by diffuse type 20%, follicular 8.8%, lymphoblastic 6.6%, and unclassified 6.6%. Characteristic chromosomal translocations were t(8;14)(q24;q32) [32.2%], t(8;22)(q24;q11) [10%], t(2;8)(p12;q24) [2.2%], t(14;18)(q34;q21) [3.3%], and t(11;14)(q23;q32) [2.2%]. Notable geographical variation of some structural abnormalities was the finding in the present study such as, lower frequency of t(14;18) in follicular lymphomas and higher frequency of t(8;14) in Burkitt lymphomas when compared with the Western studies.
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- Prasanna Kumari
- Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, 560 029, Bangalore, India
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Yao R, Rich SA, Schneider E. Validation of Sixteen Leukemia and Lymphoma Cell Lines as Controls for Molecular Gene Rearrangement Assays. Clin Chem 2002. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.8.1344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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AbstractBackground: Assays for rearrangement of the immunoglobulin, T-cell receptor, bcr/abl, and bcl-2 genes are valuable tools to aid in the diagnosis of leukemias and lymphomas and are now offered by many pathology laboratories. However, there is a lack of well-characterized and validated calibrators and positive controls for these assays. We therefore evaluated 16 readily available leukemia and lymphoma cell lines for their potential use as controls.Methods: DNA and RNA were isolated from each cell line and analyzed by Southern blot and PCR or reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). Rearrangements in the IgJH, IgJκ, TcR-β or TcR-γ, bcr/abl, and bcl-2 genes were detected by commercially available probes and primers. Cell lineages were confirmed by immunophenotyping.Results: Immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements were identified in five B- and three T-cell lines, respectively. Two cell lines tested positive for the bcr/abl gene, and one was positive for the bcl-2 gene rearrangement by Southern blot.Conclusions: The 16 cell lines studied can be used as positive controls in molecular detection assays for gene rearrangements. The parallel processing of these cell lines with clinical samples can serve to quality control the experimental procedures from the first step of DNA or RNA extraction to the final step of result analysis.
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- Rong Yao
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201
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- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201
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Preudhomme C, Roumier C, Hildebrand MP, Dallery-Prudhomme E, Lantoine D, Laï JL, Daudignon A, Adenis C, Bauters F, Fenaux P, Kerckaert JP, Galiègue-Zouitina S. Nonrandom 4p13 rearrangements of the RhoH/TTF gene, encoding a GTP-binding protein, in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and multiple myeloma. Oncogene 2000; 19:2023-32. [PMID: 10803463 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We recently isolated the RhoH/TTF gene by its fusion to the LAZ3/BCL6 gene, in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cell line, which bore a t(3;4)(q27;p11-13) translocation. This gene encodes a novel Rho GTP-binding protein and is specifically expressed in hematopoietic tissues. We made its precise mapping at band 4p13, and described its partial genomic structure. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization and molecular analyses, we report here on the rearrangement of the RhoH/TTF gene, at band 4p13, in four cases of NHL with t(3;4)(q27;p13) translocation and its fusion to the LAZ3/BCL6 gene at band 3q27, in three of these cases. RT-PCR analysis of two cases allowed the detection of variable fusion transcripts emerging from the rearranged alleles, and in one case, a deregulated expression of both RhoH/TTF and LAZ3/BCL6 genes, by promoter substitution, was observed. We also show here another rearrangement of the RhoH/TTF gene in a patient with multiple myeloma and t(4;14)(p13;q32) translocation, with breakage within the IGH gene. It is the first report which describes the recurrent chromosomal alteration of a GTP-binding protein encoding gene, in patients with hematopoietic malignancies.
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- C Preudhomme
- INSERM U.524, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Lille, France
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Gali�gue-Zouitina S, Quief S, Hildebrand MP, Denis C, Detourmignies L, La� JL, Kerckaert JP. Nonrandom fusion ofL-Plastin(LCP1) andLAZ3(BCL6) genes by t(3;13)(q27;q14) chromosome translocation in two cases of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2264(199910)26:2<97::aid-gcc1>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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