Clinical implications of cytogenetic classification in adult acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 370-373

  Ankathil, Ravindran ^a   Geetha, N ^a   Remani, P ^a   Gangadharan, V P ^a   Pillai, G Rajasekharan ^a   Nair, M Krishnan ^a  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Cytogenetic classification chromosome; Karyotype; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; MALE; PLOIDIES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029989080     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01220806     Document Type: Article

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