Clonal stability in late-relapsing childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 992-994

  Frost, Lindsay ^a   Goodeve, Anne ^a   Wilson, Gillian ^a   Peake, Ian ^a   Barker, Helen ^b   Vora, Ajay ^c  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood ALL; IgH gene rearrangement; Late relapse

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030764678     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3103129.x     Document Type: Article

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