Cell birth and death in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: How fast does the neoplastic cell clone expand?

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 999-1001

  Hirt, Andreas ^a   Leibundgut, Kurt ^a   Lüthy, Annette Ridolfi ^a   Von Der Weid, Nicolas ^a   Wagner, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ALL; Apoptosis; Birth rate; Cell growth; Children

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030764162     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-3571.x     Document Type: Article

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