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New variant translocation (8;20)(q22;q13) in acute myelocytic leukemia
T Shirota1, N Oguchi, K Shinohara
1Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical College Hospital, Japan.
Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
|December 9, 1998
Abstract:
A new variant translocation, (8;20)(q22;q13) in a patient with acute myelocytic leukemia (AML) M2 is reported. As far as we know, this is the second case of the t(8;20) in de novo AML. Further studies are required to clarify the key event leading to the development of AML-M2.