Incidence of common preleukemic gene fusions in umbilical cord blood in Slovak population.

Incidence of common preleukemic gene fusions in umbilical cord blood in Slovak population.

The first event in origination of many childhood leukemias is likely the presence of preleukemic clone (transformed hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells with preleukemic gene fusions (PGF)) in newborn. Thus, the screening of umbilical cord blood (UCB) for PGF may be of high importance for developing...

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Main Authors: Milan Škorvaga, Ekaterina Nikitina, Miroslav Kubeš, Pavol Košík, Beata Gajdošechová, Michaela Leitnerová, Lucia Copáková, Igor Belyaev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3951330?pdf=render

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