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Specific marker chromosome 14 in malignant lymphomas

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A CONSISTENT structural abnormality of chromosome 14—an extra band at the terminal of the long arm—has been found in 10 out of 12 African Burkitt lymphomas1. We report here a similar long acrocentric marker chromosome derived from chromosome 14 in other types of malignant lymphoma.

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  1. SHIROU FUKUHARA

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  1. The First Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606, Japan

    SHIROU FUKUHARA, SHIGERU SHIRAKAWA & HARUTO UCHINO

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FUKUHARA, S., SHIRAKAWA, S. & UCHINO, H. Specific marker chromosome 14 in malignant lymphomas. Nature 259, 210–211 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/259210a0

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