Blastic natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma: A clinicopathologic study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1223-1230

  DiGiuseppe, Joseph A ^a,e   Louie, Diane C ^b   Williams, James E ^c   Miller, David T ^d   Griffin, Constance A ^a   Mann, Risa B ^a   Borowitz, Michael J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^d Community Blood Centers ^*  (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD56; Epstein Barr virus; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0030793874     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199710000-00014     Document Type: Article

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