T cell receptor δ-chain gene rearrangement in a novel case of adult NK cell leukemia

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-227

  Stagno, Fabio ^a   Guglielmo, Patrizia ^a   Nigro, Luca Lo ^a   Santonocito, Annamaria ^a   Giustolisi, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; NK leukemia; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FEVER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; METAPHASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT, DELTA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR DELTA; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE;

EID: 2642556954     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077571     Document Type: Article

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