We have used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-heteroduplex (HD) analysis to assess and confirm the clonal expansion of T cell receptor (TCR) gamma and delta gene rearrangements in 24 T-ALL patients at diagnosis.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of clonal T-cell receptor (TCR) gamma and delta gene rearrangements is widely used in clonality assessment of lymphoid leukemias and lymphomas and for detection of minimal residual disease of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).