The reliability and specificity of c-kit for the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemias and undifferentiated leukemias

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 596-599

  Bene, M C ^a,f   Bernier, M ^b   Casasnovas, R O ^c   Castoldi, G ^d   Knapp, W ^e   Lanza, F ^f   Ludwig, W D ^a   Matutes, E ^b   Orfao, A ^c   Sperling, C ^d   Van't Veer, M B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c Sen ice d'Hmatologie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032528497     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.2.596     Document Type: Article

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