Cytogenetic analysis of 100 consecutive newly diagnosed cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Rio de Janeiro

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-90

  Silva, Maria Luiza Macedo ^a   De Souza, Maria Helena Ornellas ^a,b   Ribeiro, Raul C ^c   Land, Marcelo Gerardin Poirot ^d   De Azevedo, Alice Maria Boulhosa ^b,d   Vasconcelos, Felippe ^a   Otero, Luize ^a   Vasconcelos, Zilton ^a   Bouzas, Luiz Fernando ^a   Abdelhay, Eliane ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO PEDRO ERNESTO   (Brazil)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PLOIDIES;

EID: 18644386026     PISSN: 01654608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-4608(02)00535-6     Document Type: Article

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