Nonpositive terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase in pediatric precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 810-815

  Liu, Lanting ^a   McGavran, Loris ^a,b   Lovell, Mark A ^a,b   Wei, Qi ^b   Jamieson, Bette A ^b   Williams, Sara A ^b   Dirks, Norma N ^b   Danielson, M Susan ^b   Dubie, Lara M ^b   Liang, Xiayuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Immunophenotype; MLL; Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 2442718802     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/QD18PPV1NH3TEUTF     Document Type: Article

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