Chronic myelogenous leukemia showing biphenotypic blast crisis followed by lineage switch to B lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Oh, Seung Hwan ^a   Park, Tae Sung ^b   Kim, Hye Ran ^a   Lee, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a   Shin, Jeong Hwan ^a   Lee, Jeong Nyeo ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B lymphoblastic leukemia; Biphenotypic blast crisis; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Lineage switch

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD22 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; B CELL LEUKEMIA; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EPISTAXIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; BLAST CRISIS; BONE MARROW; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, B-CELL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MALE;

EID: 68649098954     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.04.026     Document Type: Letter

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