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. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21472706 ]
Synonyms: Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia