Acute leukemias of ambiguous lineage: Diagnostic consequences of the WHO2008 classification

Leukemia

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1392-1396

  Van Den Ancker, W ^a   Terwijn, M ^a   Westers, T M ^a   Merle, P A ^a   Van Beckhoven, E ^b   Drager A M ^a   Ossenkoppele, G J ^a   Van De Loosdrecht, A A ^a  

^a Amsterdam Gastroenterology Metabolism   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE BIPHENOTYPIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELL LINEAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954659219     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2010.119     Document Type: Letter

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