Incidence of 5' bcl-2 rearrangement in patients with B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia from India

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 791-793

  Parikh, Purvish M ^a   Desai, Suvas ^b   Naresh, K N ^a   Shakuntaka, Barbhaya ^a   Laxminarayan, K ^a   Nair, C N ^a   Ladanyi, Mark ^b   Soman, C S ^a   Advani, S H ^a   Chaganti, R S K ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell CLL; bcl 2 gene rearrangement; bcl 2 protein expression; India

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INDIA; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030250871     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(96)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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