The clinical indications for identical pathogenesis of isolated and non- isolated testicular relapses in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 638-643

  Jahnukainen, K ^a,b   Salmi, T T ^a   Kristinsson, J ^a   Muller J ^a   Madsen, B ^a   Gustafsson, G ^a  

^a Nordic Soc Paediatr Haematol O ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Bone marrow; Isolated; Relapse; Testis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW METASTASIS; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLAST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031826778     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352598750014049     Document Type: Article

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