High frequency of acute promyelocytic leukemia among Latinos with acute myeloid leukemia

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 308-313

  Douer, Dan ^a   Preston Martin, Susan ^a   Chang, Eric ^a   Nichols, Peter W ^a   Watkins, Kristy J ^a   Levine, Alexandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030070668     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.1.308.bloodjournal871308     Document Type: Article

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