Immunophenotype of adult and childhood acute promyelocytic leukaemia: Correlation with morphology, type of PML gene breakpoint and clinical outcome. A cooperative Italian study on 196 cases

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1035-1041

  Guglielmi, Cesare ^a,h   Martelli, Maria Paola ^a   Diverio, Daniela ^a   Fenu, Susanna ^a   Vegna, Maria Luce ^a   Cantù Rajnoldi, Angelo ^b   Biondi, Andrea ^c   Cocito, Maria Grazia ^d   Del Vecchio, Luigi ^e   Tabilio, Antonio ^f   Avvisati, Giuseppe ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^g   Lo Coco, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ICP   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Pediatria   (Italy)

^e CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g Istituto di Discipline Pediatriche   (Italy)

^h Cattedra di Ematologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; CD2; Immunophenotype; PML; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD2; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344336086     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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