Internal tandem duplication of FLT3 in relapsed acute myeloid leukemia: A comparative analysis of bone marrow samples from 108 adult patients at diagnosis and relapse

Blood

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2387-2392

  Shih, Lee Yung ^a,b   Huang, Chein Fuang ^a   Wu, Jin Hou ^a   Lin, Tung Liang ^a   Dunn, Po ^a   Wang, Po Nan ^a   Kuo, Ming Chung ^a   Lai, Chang Liang ^a   Hsu, Hui Chin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLT3 GENE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036786289     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-01-0195     Document Type: Article

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