title: Trisomy 20 in acute myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Don Monti Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Attas
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Lichtman
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Budman
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: 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