Philadelphia Chromosome

46,XX,t(9,22)
The classic rearrangement seen in about 90% of patients with Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). It was originally thought to be a shortened 22 chromosome and dubbed the Philadelphia chromosome after the city in which it was discovered. Later determined to be a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 (part of 22 is attached to 9).

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