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Preferred Label : Acute promyelocytic leukemia;

Symbol : APL;

CISMeF acronym : APL;

Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;

Alternative titles and symbols : Leukemia, acute promyelocytic;

Description : Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is associated with 2 cardinal features: a granulocytic differentiation block and reciprocal and balanced translocations that always involve rearrangement of the RARA gene (180240). The most frequent translocation is t(15,17)(q21;q22), which fuses the RARA gene with the PML gene (102578) and represents more than 98% of APL (Vitoux et al., 2007).;

Prefixed ID : #612376;

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18/05/2024


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