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Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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A subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia that results from a reciprocal translocation between the ABL-1 oncogene and a breakpoint cluster region (BCR), resulting in a fusion gene, BCR-ABL, that encodes an oncogenic protein with constitutively active tyrosine kinase activity. [ PMID:21472706 ]

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  • SNOMEDCT_US:425688002
  • SNOMEDCT_US:426955004
  • UMLS:C1960397
definition

A subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia that results from a reciprocal translocation between the ABL-1 oncogene and a breakpoint cluster region (BCR), resulting in a fusion gene, BCR-ABL, that encodes an oncogenic protein with constitutively active tyrosine kinase activity.

has exact synonym

Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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HP:0004848

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