Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with a mixed CD4+ and CD8 + phenotype and indolent course

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 2480-2482

  Bittencourt, Achiléa L ^a   Barbosa, Helenemarie S ^a   Requião, Cristiane ^a   Da Silva, Aline Clara ^b   Vandamme, Anne Mieke ^c   Van Weyenbergh, Johan ^b   Farré, Lourdes ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 34347237293     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.11.3043     Document Type: Article

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