Dependence of age-specific incidence of acute myeloid leukemia on karyotype [4]

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3500-

  Schoch, Claudia ^a   Kern, Wolfgang ^a   Krawitz, Peter ^a   Dugas, Martin ^a   Schnittger, Susanne ^a   Haferlach, Torsten ^a   Hiddemann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0035760320     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.12.3500     Document Type: Letter

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