Early detection of central nervous system relapse by polymerase chain reaction in children with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia [2]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-61

  de Haas, V ^a   Vet, R J W M ^a   Verhagen, O J H M ^a   Kroes, W ^b   van den Berg, H ^a   van der Schoot, C E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036938829     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-001-0389-4     Document Type: Letter

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