The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 971-982 , June 1984

Chromosome analysis in hematologic disorders: The leukemias

  • Avery A. Sandberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Avery A. Sandberg, Department of Genetics and Endocrinology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, 666 Elm Street, Buffalo, New York 14263.
    • Visiting Physician-Scientist at the Southwest Biomedical Research Institute from Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York USA
    • From the Genetics Center and Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Temps, Arizona.
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  • Rodman Morgan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Tempe, Arizona USA
    • From the Genetics Center and Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Temps, Arizona.
    • ,
  • Carol Berger, M.T., (A.S.C.P.)

      Affiliations

    • Tempe, Arizona USA
    • From the Genetics Center and Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Temps, Arizona.
    • ,
  • Barbara Kaiser-McCaw Hecht, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Tempe, Arizona USA
    • From the Genetics Center and Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Temps, Arizona.
    • ,
  • Frederick Hecht, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Tempe, Arizona USA
    • From the Genetics Center and Cancer Center of Southwest Biomedical Research Institute, Temps, Arizona.

,Accepted 22 November 1983.

References 

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  3. In: Third International Workshop on Chromosomes in Leukemia (1980): Chromosomal abnormalities in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: structural and numerical changes in 234 cases. 3rd ed. Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 4:1981;p. 101–110
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The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 76, Issue 6 , Pages 971-982 , June 1984

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