Risk factors for adults with Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in remission treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: The potential of real-time quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Lee, Seok ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^a,b   Cho, Bin ^a   Kim, Yoo Jin ^a   Kim, Yoo Li ^a   Hwang, Ji Yeon ^a   Park, Yoon Hee ^a   Shin, Ho Jin ^a   Park, Chi Young ^a   Min, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Hack Ki ^a   Kim, Chun Choo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Chronic graft versus host disease; Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Real time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONITORING; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENES, ABL; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037217606     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.03988.x     Document Type: Article

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