Differentiation of leukemic cells induced by short-course high-dose methylprednisolone in children with different subtypes of acute myeloblastic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 573-580

  Hiçsönmez, Gönül ^a,b   Tuncer, Murat ^a   Toksoy, Hayri B ^a   Yenicesu, Idil ^a   Çetin, Mualla ^a  

^a Ihsan Dogramaci Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukemia; Children; Differentiation; High dose methylprednisolone

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 17144460193     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199909058462     Document Type: Article

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