Role of FAB classification of acute leukemias in era of immunophenotyping

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-527

  Sachdeva, Man Updesh Singh ^a   Ahluwalia, Jasmina ^a   Das, Reena ^a   Varma, Neelam ^a   Garewal, G ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Cytochemical stains; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOGENETICS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID;

EID: 33845614395     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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