Acute basophilic leukemia presenting with abnormal liver function tests and the absence of blast cells in the peripheral blood

Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-55

  Scolyer, Richard A ^a,b   Brun, Mary ^a   D'Rozario, James ^a   Webb, Malcolm ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute basophilic leukemia; Acute leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia; Adhesion molecules; Basophilic leukemia; Basophils; Histamine

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLAST CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA;

EID: 0034004688     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003130200104592     Document Type: Article

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