Plasma cell leukemia evolving into aggressive extramedullary plasmacytoma by clonal selection

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-158

  Au, Wing Y ^a   Choy, Carolyn ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CLONE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMA CELL LEUKEMIA; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLONE CELLS; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS SWITCHING; LEUKEMIA, PLASMACYTIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PLASMACYTOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0030753278     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199707)55:3<156::AID-AJH7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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