Transient leukaemia - A benign form of leukaemia in newborn infants with trisomy 21

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 930-938

  Zipursky, Alvin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Transient leukaemia; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BASOPHIL; BLOOD; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MEGAKARYOBLAST; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; TRISOMY 21;

DOWN SYNDROME; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; HYDROPS FETALIS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOCYTIC, ACUTE; MOSAICISM;

EID: 0037355255     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04229.x     Document Type: Review

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