Low blast count myeloid disorders with Auer rods: A clinicopathologic analysis of 9 cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Willis, Monte S ^a   McKenna, Robert W ^a   Peterson, LoAnn C ^b   Coad, James E ^c   Kroft, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Auer rods; Myelodysplastic syndrome; RAEB 2; RAEB T; Refractory anemia with excess blasts

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUER ROD; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOBLAST; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 23044506502     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/WB79MFV6FCDJH2EG     Document Type: Article

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