Granular acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults: Report of a case and review of the literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 894-897

  Fulcher, James W ^a   Allred, Thomas J ^a   Kulharya, Anita ^a   Satya Prakash, K L ^a   Seigler, Maree ^a   Neibarger, Doris ^a   Mazzella, Fermina M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granular acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Leukemia; Lymphoblast

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BLAST CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULAR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELLS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33747192899     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000231247.33762.f3     Document Type: Article

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