Teaching cases from the Royal Marsden and St Mary's hospitals. Case 13: An orbital mass in a young girl

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 621-622

  Luckit, John ^a,c   Bain, Barbara ^b,d   Matutes, Estella ^b   Min, Toon ^a   Pinkerton, Ross ^a   Catovsky, Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Cytogenetic analysis; Granulocytic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; ORBIT TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031899976     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199809058374     Document Type: Article

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