High bcl-2 expression in acute myeloid leukemia cells correlates with CD34 positivity and complete remission rate

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2075-2078

  Lauria, F ^a   Raspadori, D ^b   Rondelli, D ^b,c   Ventura, Ma ^b   Fiacchini, M ^b   Visani, G ^b   Forconi, F ^a   Tura, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Ist Ematologia Oncol Medica L A   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AML; Bcl 2; CD34; CR; MFI

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031436915     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400854     Document Type: Article

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