Quantification of CBFB-MYH11 fusion gene levels in paired peripheral blood and bone marrow samples by real-time PCR

doi:doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403961

Leukemia (2005) 19, 1988–1990. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403961; published online 29 September 2005

Quantification of CBFB-MYH11 fusion gene levels in paired peripheral blood and bone marrow samples by real-time PCR

N Boeckx^1,2, J De Roover², V H J van der Velden³, J Maertens⁴, A Uyttebroeck⁵, P Vandenberghe^2,6 and J J M van Dongen³

¹Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
²Center for Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
³Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
⁵Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
⁶Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Correspondence: Dr N Boeckx, Laboratory of Hematology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Fax: +32 16 347042; E-mail: nancy.boeckx@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Received 27 July 2005; Accepted 18 August 2005; Published online 29 September 2005.