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A new translocation in Burkitt's tumor cells

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A t(8;22)(q24;q11) translocation was found in blood, bone marrow, and ascites cells from a European Burkitt's lymphoma. Cell surface markers were identified as monoclonal IgG. The relationship between these two unusual findings is questionable in this cytologically typical Burkitt's lymphoma.

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  1. Laboratoire de Cytogénétique, Institut de Recherche sur les Leucémies et les Maladies du Sang, U. E. R. d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 2 place du Dr. Fournier, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    R. Berger, A. Bernheim & H. -J. Weh

  2. Laboratoire d'Hématologie, U. E. R. d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris

    G. Flandrin & Marie-Thérèse Daniel

  3. Unité d'Immunochimie et d'Immunopathologie, U 108 INSERM, U. E. R. d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris

    J. -C. Brouet

  4. Clinique des Maladies du Sang, U.E.R. d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris

    N. Colbert

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Berger, R., Bernheim, A., Weh, H.J. et al. A new translocation in Burkitt's tumor cells. Hum Genet 53, 111–112 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289460

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