Minimal residual disease diagnostics in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: impact of primer characteristics and size of junctional regions

Br J Haematol. 2014 Feb;164(3):451-3. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12621. Epub 2013 Oct 26.

Authors

Vincent H J van der Velden¹, Rianne Noordijk, Mark Brussee, Patricia G Hoogeveen, Christa Homburg, Valerie de Haas, C Ellen van der Schoot, Jacques J M van Dongen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. v.h.j.vandervelden@erasmusmc.nl.

PMID: 24164448
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12621

No abstract available

Keywords: Ig/TCR; junctional region; minimal residual disease; primer characteristics; real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Alleles
Gene Order
Humans
Neoplasm, Residual / diagnosis
Oligonucleotide Probes / chemistry*
Oligonucleotide Probes / genetics*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / genetics
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Oligonucleotide Probes