Intensity of expression of the CD117 antigen (c-kit) on myelomatous plasma cells

Central-European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Kraj, Maria ^a   Pogłód, Ryszard ^a   Kopeć Szlȩzak, Joanna ^a   Sokołowska, Urszula ^a   Woźniak, Jolanta ^a   Kruk, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

c Kit; CD117; Multiple myeloma; Plasma cells

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY BJ12; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNDECAN 1; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA CELL; PLASMA CELL;

EID: 20444488836     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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