Acute leukaemias of ambiguous lineage in children: Characterization, prognosis and therapy recommendations

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Gerr, Heidrun ^a   Zimmermann, Martin ^a   Schrappe, Martin ^b   Dworzak, Michael ^c   Ludwig, Wolf Dieter ^d   Bradtke, Jutta ^e   Moericke, Anja ^b   Schabath, Richard ^d   Creutzig, Ursula ^f   Reinhardt, Dirk ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d Section of Pathology   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia of ambiguous lineage; Childhood; Cytogenetics; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; PREDNISONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA OF AMBIGUOUS LINEAGE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRISOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949361873     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.08058.x     Document Type: Article

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