Tetraploid acute promyelocytic leukemia with large bizarre blast cell morphology

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-55

  Au, W Y ^a   Ma, S K ^a   Lam, C C K ^a   Chan, L C ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MITOXANTRONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY;

ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; BONE MARROW CELLS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033229902     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(99)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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