The 5q- and additional chromosome anomalies in two patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
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.
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*