Near-tetraploid minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukemia with extensive erythrophagocytosis by leukemic blasts

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-39

  Yeh, S P ^a   Wang, Y C ^b   Su, J L ^b,c   Hsueh, E J ^b   Yu, M S ^b   Wu, H ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Division of Hematology and Oncology Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Erythrophagocytosis; Tetraploidy

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAPLOIDY;

EID: 0034071118     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050006     Document Type: Article

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