Increased leukaemia cell stiffness is associated with symptoms of leucostasis in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Lam, Wilbur A ^a,b   Rosenbluth, Michael J ^b   Fletcher, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Atomic force microscopy; Cell deformability; Leucostasis leukostasis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LETTER; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKOSTASIS; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOSTASIS; LUNG; MALE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 46949110489     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07219.x     Document Type: Letter

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