Acute myeloid leukemia with T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement occurring in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A case report

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-72

  Hatoum, Hassan A ^a   Mahfouz, Rami A R ^a   Otrock, Zaher K ^a   Hudaib, Abdel Rahman ^a   Taher, Ali T ^a   Shamseddine, Ali I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Cytogenetic; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYTARABINE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, GAMMA-CHAIN T-CELL ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 33845958040     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20762     Document Type: Article

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