Leukemia Research
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1119-1125 , September 2006

Pattern of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor (Ig/TCR) gene rearrangements in Polish pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients—implications for RQ-PCR-based assessment of minimal residual disease

  • Małgorzata Dawidowska

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Strzeszyńska 32, 60 479 Poznań, Poland
    • Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 61 6579218; fax: +48 61 8233235.
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  • Katarzyna Derwich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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  • Tomasz Szczepański

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland
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  • Justyna Jółkowska

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Strzeszyńska 32, 60 479 Poznań, Poland
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  • Vincent H.J. van der Velden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Jacek Wachowiak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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  • Michał Witt

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Molecular and Clinical Genetics, Strzeszyńska 32, 60 479 Poznań, Poland

Received 17 October 2005 ,Revised 30 December 2005 ,Accepted 2 January 2006.

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PII: S0145-2126(06)00003-8

doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2006.01.002

Leukemia Research
Volume 30, Issue 9 , Pages 1119-1125 , September 2006

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