Expression and prognostic value of the retinoblastoma tumour suppressor gene (RB-1) in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Sauerbrey, Axel ^a   Stammler, Gerd ^b   Zintl, Felix ^a   Volm, Manfred ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Prognosis; Retinoblastoma gene; Tumour suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030054898     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1753.x     Document Type: Article

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