Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia as a presenting finding of ataxia-telangiectasia [5]

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-194

  Genel, Ferah ^a   Cevik, A ^a   Erbay, A ^a   Gulen, H ^a   Uran, N ^a   Vergin, C ^a  

^a DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DNA; METHOTREXATE;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANOREXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM METASTASIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL, ACUTE; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 3042690671     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013529     Document Type: Letter

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