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Philadelphia Chromosome

"Philadelphia Chromosome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

An aberrant form of human CHROMOSOME 22 characterized by translocation of the distal end of chromosome 9 from 9q34, to the long arm of chromosome 22 at 22q11. It is present in the bone marrow cells of 80 to 90 per cent of patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia (LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE).


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Philadelphia Chromosome" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Philadelphia Chromosome" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 59 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2020 and 2021
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.