Frequencies of the major subgroups of precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Indian children differ from the west [4]

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1192-1193

  Siraj, A K ^a   Kamat, S ^b   Gutierrez, M I ^a   Banavali, S ^b   Timpson, G ^a   Sazawal, S ^c   Bhargava, M ^c   Advani, S ^b   Adde, M ^d   Magrath, I ^d   Bhatia, K ^a,d  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; LETTER; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX RATIO; STEM CELL;

EID: 0038378769     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402931     Document Type: Letter

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