The importance of flower cells for the early diagnosis of acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with skin involvement

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-267

  Santos, Jussamara Brito ^a   Farré, Lourdes ^b   Batista, Everton Da Silva ^b   Santos, Herbert Henrique ^c   Vieira, Maria Das Graças Silva ^c   Bittencourt, Achiléa L ^c  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DAUNORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOWER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN NODULE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL SEPARATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76649121856     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903428192     Document Type: Letter

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