Erythrophagocytosis by dysplastic neutrophils in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and subsequent transformation to acute myeloid leukemia

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-342

  Etzell, Joan ^a   Lu, Chuanyi M ^b   Browne, L Walden ^a   Wang, Endi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Dysplastic neutrophils; Erythrophagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANEMIA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; BONE MARROW; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ERYTHROBLASTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 23244433830     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20392     Document Type: Review

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