Karyotypic and fluorescent in-situ hybridization study of the centromere of chromosome 7 in secondary myeloid neoplasms

BACKGROUND: Secondary myeloid neoplasms comprise a group of secondary diseases following exposure to myelotoxic agents or due to congenital diseases. The improvement of anticancer agents and immunosuppressive drugs seem to be associated with an increased incidence of secondary myeloid neoplasms. Kar...

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Main Authors: Roberta Sandra da Silva Tanizawa, Cristina Aiko Kumeda, Raymundo Soares de Azevedo Neto, Aline de Medeiros Leal, Patrícia de Barros Ferreira, Elvira Deolinda Rodrigues Pereira Velloso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842011000600010