Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants generally shows distinctive biologic features and has a poor prognosis. Cytogenetic studies indicate that many infant leukemias have chromosome 1 1 q23 translocations. Because of these findings and the distinct clinical features of infant leukemia, we investigated 30 cases of infant ALL for molecular defects of l l q23. Fourteen cases had cytogeneti...

We performed prospective sequential cytogenetic studies in 76 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) followed up to 82 months. Their karyotypes were followed routinely, regardless of clinical status. The incidence of evolutive karyotypes was similar in patients with a normal karyotype at referral and in patients with clonal abnormalities at diagnosis (24.5 and 26.1%, respectively). We di...

Writ/i the technical assistance of Miss Lila Fliegelnian O CCASIONAL REPORTS have presemited cytogenetic data from cases of megaloblastic anemia.ii,uul Although no consistemit cytogenetic abnormalities have yet beeii found, a variety of changes have been described in some cases of pernicious anemia.m’ ’m” The significance of these findings is not clear. This report describes cytogenetic observa...

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introduction: the prevalence of somatic chromosomal abnormalities in infertile male individuals has been reported to vary in different literatures. the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of chromosomal aberrations among infertile men referred to the cytogenetic laboratory of iran blood transfusion organization research centre (ibto). materials and methods: chromosomal analysis w...

myelodysplastic syndrome (mds), is a group of heterogeneous disorders of hematopoietic stem cell colonies which is determined by incomplete hematopoiesis in one or more cell lines. the incidence increases with age and it has less been reported among patients under 50 years of age. the commonest form of mds is sporadic, and familial occurrence of mds is rare. patients with familial mds are young...

We report the first visible cytogenetic deletion involving the NF1 gene in a patient with sporadic neurofibromatosis, dysmorphic features, and marked developmental delay. The combined evidence of molecular and cytogenetic techniques based on dosage reduction, hemizygosity for microsatellite markers, high resolution G banding, and FISH analysis, predicts this deletion to be approximately 7 Mb in...

Cytogenetic effects of ciprofloxacin (500 to 2,000 mg daily) and ofloxacin (200 mg daily) were studied in lymphocytes from 31 patients treated for 1 to 10 weeks. Blood samples for cytogenetic analysis were taken before the start of treatment from all patients, after 1 week from 25 patients, and after 2, 4, 6, and 10 weeks from six patients. No chromosome-damaging effect could be demonstrated in...