Phenotypic subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with different nuclear chromatin texture

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-98

  Mello, Mariana R B ^b   Metze, Konradin ^c   Adam, Randall L ^c   Pereira, Fernanda G ^a   Magalhães, Micheline G ^b   Machado, Cintia G F ^b   Lorand Metze, Irene ^c,d  

^a Hemocentro Unicamp   (Brazil)

^b Hematology and Hemotherapy Center of Recife   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; B ALL; immunophenotype; Karyometry; T ALL

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHROMATIN; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHENOTYPE; PRE B LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATIN; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 41849144517     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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