Polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid cells in suspected leptomeningeal involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Comparison to cytomorphological analysis

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 124-127

  Scrideli, Carlos A ^a   Queiroz, Rosane P ^a   Takayanagui, Osvaldo M ^a   Bernardes, Jose E ^a   Tone, Luiz G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Cerebrospinal fluid; IgH; PCR; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEPTOMENINX; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOBLAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0041386220     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200309000-00002     Document Type: Article

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