5q- anomaly in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
We report two new cases of common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with 5q-. This abnormality, which is uncommon in ALL, was previously reported in 14 cases of ALL of various subtypes and appears to occur less frequently in common ALL than in other types of ALL.
Berger
R
R
Unité INSERM U 301, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France.
Le Coniat
M
M
Derré
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002881:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics