Trisomy 20 in acute myelogenous leukemia.
A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia was found to have trisomy 20 in his bone marrow cells. The patient achieved a complete response to standard antileukemic therapy. The literature is reviewed in regard to this abnormality.
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Don Monti Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
Lichtman
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Budman
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Verma
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D000368:Aged; D002890:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D014314:Trisomy