Jl. Lai et al., TRANSLOCATION (3-13)(Q27-Q14) - A NONRANDOM AND PROBABLY SECONDARY STRUCTURAL-CHANGE IN NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS, Cancer genetics and cytogenetics, 103(2), 1998, pp. 140-143
Three cases of (3;13)(q27;q14) translocation observed in different his
tological types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are reported here. Thi
s new recurring translocation in NHL was secondary in at least two of
the patients because it was associated with another specific change [i
.e., t(8;14) (q24;q32) in Burkitt lymphoma and t(14;18)(q32;q21) in ty
pical follicular lymphoma]. In two of the cases for which molecular an
alysis was performed, a rearrangement of the LAZ-3/BCL-6 gene was foun
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