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Position of the Y-chromosome at somatic metaphase in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

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A random distribution of the Y-chromosome at somatic metaphase was found in 50 patients with Ph' positive chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Thus, it is concluded that the ‘positive’ of the Y-chromosome at somatic metaphase does not appear to influence the loss from bone marrow cells.

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Verma, R.S., Thomas, S., Coleman, M. et al. Position of the Y-chromosome at somatic metaphase in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Experientia 42, 440–441 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02118649

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