Lymphoblastic leukemia with mature B-cell phenotype in infancy

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 672-677

  Frater, John L ^a   Batanian, Jacqueline R ^a   O'Connor, Dennis M ^a   Grosso, Leonard E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoblastic leukemia; mll; Surface immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; MIXED LINEAGE LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANCY; INFANT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MYELOID-LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; PROTO-ONCOGENES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR STEM CELLS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 5344264490     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000142493.56793.cb     Document Type: Article

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