Clonal granulocytes in polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia have shortened telomeres

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-393

  Ferraris, Anna Maria ^a,b   Pujic, Natalija ^a,b   Mangerini, Rosa ^a,b   Rapezzi, Davide ^c   Gallamini, Andrea ^c   Racchi, Omar ^d   Casciaro, Salvatore ^b   Gaetani, Gian Franco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clonality; Granulocytes; Polycythaemia; Telomeres; Thrombocythaemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TELOMERE; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CLONE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLONE CELLS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; TELOMERE; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 24944434752     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05618.x     Document Type: Article

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