B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a child with ataxia telangiectasia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-476

  Sharma, Lalit M ^a   Kashyap, Rajesh ^a,b   Gupta, Sunil ^a   Bhargava, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; B CELL LEUKEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA;

EID: 45749145808     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802106614     Document Type: Letter

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