Letter to the Editor

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-374

  Huh, Jungwon ^a   Moon, H ^a   Chi, H ^b   Chung, W ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; RETINOIC ACID; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PML PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME 17; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA GENE; RARA GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR GENE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; GENETICS;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 65349122380     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2008.01040.x     Document Type: Letter

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