Molecular diagnosis of leukemic cerebrospinal fluid cells in children with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1013-1015

  Scrideli, Carlos A ^a   Queiroz, Rosane P ^a   Takayanagui, Osvaldo M ^a   Bernardes, Jose E ^a   Melo, Enaldo V ^a   Tone, Luiz Gonzaga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALL; Cerebrospinal fluid; CNS leukemia.; PCR

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3943097936     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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