title: The 5q- and additional chromosome anomalies in two patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Two elderly women had acute myelogenous leukemia with rapidly fatal course. On initial marrow and unsttimulated blood examination, the 5q- chromosome and additional number and structural chromosome analomalies were observed. The specificity of these findings is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D025063:Chromosome Disorders; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*