FLT3 mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3544-3546

  Armstrong, Scott A ^b   Mabon, Meghann E ^b   Silverman, Lewis B ^b   Li, Aihong ^b   Gribben, John G ^b   Fox, Edward A ^b   Sallan, Stephen E ^b   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CD135 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1542276560     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-07-2441     Document Type: Article

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