Clinical relevance of T-cell receptor delta gene rearrangements in childhood B-precursor cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 308-313

  Diaz, M A ^a,b,c   Garcia Sanchez, F ^b   Vicario, J L ^b   Ramirez, M ^a,b   Balas, A ^b   Madero, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Children; TCR rearrangement

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030695074     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4093217.x     Document Type: Article

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