Natural killer (NK) cell leukaemia in a patient with a B cell non- Hodgkin's lymphoma

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-117

  Dekoninck, A ^a   Cartuyvels, R ^a   Magerman, K ^a   Peeters, V ^a   Mewis, A ^a   Wuyts, B ^a   Delva, A ^a   Vanstraelen, D ^a   Rummens, J L ^a,b  

^a VirgaJesseziekenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

^b VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

B cell non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Large granular lymphocytes; Leukaemia; Natural killer cell; Natural killer cell leukaemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0034033854     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2000.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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