Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) with an unusual immunophenotype and a high cellular proliferation rate

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 523-526

  Lorand Metze, Irene ^a   Pombo De Oliveira, Maria S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aberrant immunophenotype; Adult T cell leukemia; Agyrophilic stain; Ki 67; Nucleolar organizer regions

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

EID: 0029801694     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609054793     Document Type: Article

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