Characterization of acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtypes in Brazilian patients

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-355

  Rego, Eduardo M ^a   Garcia, Aglair B ^a   Viana, Sonia R ^a   Falcão, Roberto P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; ALL epidemiology; ALL incidence; ALL subsets; Lymphoid markers

Indexed keywords

COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029937536     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(95)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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