Quantitative flow cytometry can predict childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia presenting with aplasia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 173-177

  Atra, A ^a   Abboudi, Z ^a   Farahat, N ^a   Catovsky, D ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Aplasia; Aplastic presentation of A.L.L; Quantitative flow cytometry

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; APLASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030730188     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709068284     Document Type: Article

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