Involvement of chromosome 13 in myelodysplastic syndromes.
We report 2 of 80 cases of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) cytogenetically studied, with involvement of chromosome 13. The first case had a t(6;13), and the second had a t(1;13). Abnormalities of chromosome 13 mainly involving loss of band 13q14 have been described in hematologic malignancies. In both our cases band 13q14 did not participate in the deleted segment.
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Propaedeutic of Athens University, Evangelismos Hospital, Greece.
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D000368:Aged; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000235:genetics*; D014178:Translocation, Genetic