Are "early" and "late" T-acute lymphoblastic leukemias different diseases? A single center study of 34 patients

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Cascavilla, Nicola ^a   Musto, Pellegrino ^a   D'Arena, Giovanni ^a   Ladogana, Saverio ^a   Melillo, Lorella ^a   Carella, Angelo Michele ^a   Perla, Gianni ^a   Matera, Rosella ^a   Carotenuto, Mario ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Early; Immune phenotype; Late T ALL; T ALL; T lineage

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0029876498     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609093441     Document Type: Article

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