title: Trisomy 4 in two cases of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
abstract: Two cases of acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) type M4 with trisomy 4 are presented. In one case trisomy 4 was associated with del(3). Both patients had no history of exposure to mutagenic events. In our material the frequency of trisomy 4-AML is not higher than 1%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology-Hematology, Medical University Clinic, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suciu
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Weh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kuse
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Hossfeld
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D005260:Female; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014314:Trisomy
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers