Acute monocytic leukemia (FAB M5) involving the placenta associated with delivery of a healthy infant: Case report and discussion

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-366

  Sheikh, Salwa S ^a   Khalifa, Mahmoud A ^a,b   Marley, Edith F ^a,c   Bagg, Adam ^a   Lage, Janice M ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Laboratory Med Consultants Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute monocytic leukemia; Acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia; Leukemia; Placenta; Placental pathology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 9; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029830941     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004347-199610000-00010     Document Type: Article

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