Philadelphia chromosome and/or bcr-abl mRNA-positive primary thrombocytosis: Morphometric evidence for the transition from essential thrombocythaemia to chronic myeloid leukaemia type of myeloproliferation

Histopathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Pajor, L ^a   Kereskai, L ^a   Zsdral K ^a   Nagy, Z ^b   Vass, J A ^a   Jakso P ^a   Radvanyi G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Semmelweis Hospital   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bcr abl; Essential thrombocythaemia; Fusion proteins; Myeloproliferative disorders; Philadelphia chromosome

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW CELLS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037226958     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2003.01516.x     Document Type: Article

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