Deletions of interferon genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 322, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 77-82

  Diaz, Manuel O ^a   Rubin, Charles M ^a,b   Harden, Alanna ^a   Ziemin, Sheryl ^a   Larson, Richard A ^a   le Beau, Michelle M ^a   Rowley, Janet D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA1 INTERFERON;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0025023615     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199001113220202     Document Type: Article

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