Inversion (4)(p13q28) in two cases of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

A Iurlo; C Mecucci; A Van Orshoven; J L Michaux; H Van den Berghe

doi:10.1016/0165-4608(88)90136-7

Inversion (4)(p13q28) in two cases of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 1988 Dec;36(2):143-7. doi: 10.1016/0165-4608(88)90136-7.

Authors

A Iurlo¹, C Mecucci, A Van Orshoven, J L Michaux, H Van den Berghe

Affiliation

¹ Center for Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 3203300
DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(88)90136-7

Abstract

An identical inversion, inv(4)(p13q28), was found to occur as the sole karyotypic anomaly in two patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia. The breakpoints are different from any previously described structural rearrangements of chromosome 4.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Chromosome Banding
Chromosome Inversion*
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4*
Female
Humans
Karyotyping
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / genetics*
Middle Aged