Prognostic significance of bi/oligoclonality in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia as determined by polymerase chain reaction

CONTEXT: The CDR-3 region of heavy-chain immunoglobulin has been used as a clonal marker in the study of minimal residual disease in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Southern blot and polymerase chain reaction studies have demonstrated the occurrence of bi/oligoclonality in a variable num...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alberto Scrideli, Ricardo Defavery, José Eduardo Bernardes, Luíz Gonzaga Tone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2001-09-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802001000500005&lng=en&tlng=en