Blood Res.  2015 Mar;50(1):55-58. 10.5045/br.2015.50.1.55.

A case of pediatric ALL with t(16;21)(p11.2;q22) and FUS-ERG rearrangement

• Cocce MC
• Alonso CN
• Rossi J
• Felice MS
• Gitter MR
• Gallego MS

• KMID: 1787915
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2015.50.1.55

Abstract

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Figure

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  Fig. 1 Morphology of leukemic cells at diagnosis showing L1/L2 blasts.

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  Fig. 2 (A) Partial karyotype showing a reciprocal translocation between 16p11.2 and 21q22; (B) Sequencing analysis of the RT-PCR product identifying a fusion between exon 7 of FUS and exon 6 of ERG.

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