Asparagine synthetase activity in paediatric acute leukaemias: AML-M5 subtype shows lowest activity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 427-429

  Dubbers A ^a   Wurthwein G ^a   Muller H J ^a   Schulze Westhoff, P ^a   Winkelhorst, M ^a   Kurzknabe, E ^a   Lanvers, C ^a   Pieters, R ^b   Kaspers, G J L ^c   Creutzig, U ^a   Ritter, J ^a   Boos, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Acute myelogenous leukaemia; Asparaginase; Asparagine synthetase; Childhood leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE;

EID: 0034039017     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02015.x     Document Type: Article

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