Ig Kappa Gene Rearrangement

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Contents 1 Clinical-significance 2 Methods 3 More General Terms 4 References

Clinical-significance

• used for detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Methods

• polymerase chain reaction

More General Terms

• molecular diagnostic test

References

1. Nakao M et al Duplex PCR facilitates the identification of immunoglobulin kappa (IGK) gene rearrangements in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 2000, 14:218 [1]

Ig kappa gene rearrangement