The morphological subcategories of acute monocytic leukemia (M5a and M5b) share similar immunophenotypic and cytogenetic features and clinical outcomes

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Villeneuve, Pierre ^a   Kim, Dae Tong ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Brandwein, Joseph ^a   Chang, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute monocytic leukemia; Cytogenetic; Immunophenotypes; M5; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRISOMY 8;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949086850     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.06.019     Document Type: Article

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