Ataxia-telangiectasia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Leukemia and lymphoma in ataxia telangiectasia.
There is a large increase in lymphoid malignancy in A-T patients and a total absence of myeloid tumors. Penetrance of the tumor phenotype is about 10% to 15% by early adulthood. The increase in lymphoid malignancy includes both B- and T-cell tumors. However, young A-T patients do not show an increased susceptibility to cALL, and the UK data suggest that B-cell lymphoma occurs in older A-T child...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19800401)45:7<1675::aid-cncr2820450725>3.0.co;2-d