Isolated lymph node T lymphoblastic transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia during interferon treatment

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 256-258

  Au, W Y ^b   Chan, A C L ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukemia; T lymphoblastic lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032735921     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199912)62:4<256::AID-AJH12>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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