Cytogenetic evidence for a less malignant leukemic cell population in the central nervous system in a critical case of acute myeloblastic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Mastrangelo, Renato ^a   Tornesello, Assunta ^a   Mastrangelo, Stefano ^a   Bembo, Vincenzo ^a   Zollino, Marcella ^a   Neri, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukemia; Chromosome; Clonal evolution; Cytogenetics; Meningeal leukemia

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN LEUKEMIA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 8;

EID: 0030723539     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199802)30:2<91::AID-MPO4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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