Low frequency of c-kit expression and detection of an aberrant Kit message among Hong Kong Chinese myelogenous leukaemia patients

Cancer Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-258

  Chui, C H ^a   Lau, F Y ^a   Yau, K S ^a   Lee, F C P ^a   Chan, L C ^a   Cheng, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukaemia; C kit expression; Hong Kong Chinese

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CHINESE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030739473     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00195-X     Document Type: Article

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