Rapid diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia (PML): Applicability of flow cytometry and PML protein immunofluorescence [2]

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 176-177

  Cullen, Matthew J ^a   Richards, Stephen J ^a   O'Connor, Sheila J M ^a   Dickinson, Helen ^a   Sharpe, Carol ^a   Swirsky, David M ^a   Owen, Roger ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBRINOGENOLYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FUSION GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PROBE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0346008064     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(03)00241-3     Document Type: Letter

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