Comparison of referring and tertiary cancer center physicians' diagnoses in patients with leukemia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 246-251

  DeLima, Marcos ^a   Albitar, Maher ^a   O'Brien, Susan ^a   Pierce, Sherry ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^a   Andreeff, Michael ^a   Fayad, Luis ^a   Keating, Michael ^a   Estey, Elihu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE MARROW; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0032033421     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(98)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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