Trisomy 4 in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. An Australian case.
We report a case of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, type M4 according to the FAB classification, whose cytogenetics showed trisomy 4 and multiple double minute chromosomes. The patient gave no history of exposure to toxic or carcinogenic substances.
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Haematology Research Unit, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Brown
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Ding
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Garson
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology; D014314:Trisomy