Immunophenotypic analysis of hematogones (B-Lymphocyte precursors) and neoplastic lymphoblast by 4-color flow cytometry

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 277-285

  McKenna, Robert W ^a   Asplund, Sheryl L ^a   Kroft, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; B cell precursors; Hematogones; Immunophenotype of acute leukemia; Lymphoblasts

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; RITUXIMAB;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BONE REGENERATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOPENIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NEOPLASM; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0842301453     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000151950     Document Type: Article

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