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dic(17;20)

The dic(17;20) is a recurrent unbalanced translocation occurring rarely in myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia.

References

- MacKinnon RN, Patsouris C, Chudoba I, Campbell LJ. A FISH comparison of variant derivatives of the recurrent dic(17;20) of myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia: Obligatory retention of genes on 17p and 20q may explain the formation of dicentric chromosomes. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007 Jan;46(1):27-36. PMID: 17048234