Acute basophilic leukaemia: Eight unsuspected new cases diagnosed by electron microscopy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 774-781

  Shvidel, Lev ^a,b   Shaft, Dina ^a,b   Stark, Batia ^c   Shtalrid, Mordechai ^a,b   Berrebi, Alain ^a,b   Resnitzky, Peretz ^a,b,d  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Basophilic leukaemia; Leukaemia; Myeloperoxidase; Platelet peroxidase; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IDARUBICIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PREDNISONE; TIOGUANINE; TUMOR MARKER; VINCRISTINE;

ACCURACY; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLAST CELL; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOGENETICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; BASOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, BASOPHILIC, ACUTE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDASE;

EID: 0345700768     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04167.x     Document Type: Article

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