Transition of polycythemia vera to chronic neutrophilic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 203-206

  Higuchi, Takakazu ^a   Oba, Remi ^a   Endo, Mitsue ^a   Harada, Hiroshi ^a   Mori, Hiraku ^a   Niikura, Haruo ^a   Omine, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujita, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic neutrophilic leukemia; Myeloproliferative disorder; Polycythemia vera; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BCR ABL PROTEIN; BUSULFAN; CARBOQUONE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYTARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; MERCAPTOPURINE; PIPOBROMAN; RANIMUSTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KARYOTYPE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHILIA; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0033009424     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199909093744     Document Type: Article

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