Flow Cytometry in the Differential Diagnosis of Lymphocyte-Rich Thymoma from Precursor T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 268-274

  Li, Shiyong ^a,b   Juco, Jonathan ^a   Mann, Karen P ^a   Holden, Jeannine T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometric immunophenotyping; Precursor T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia; T cell lymphoblastic lymphoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALE; PRECURSOR T CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; PRECURSOR T CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOMA;

EID: 0942276825     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/K2FY1TED8GEGFLNG     Document Type: Article

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