Cytological features of chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia in pleural effusion and lymph node fine needle aspiration

Cytopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 411-413

  Gong, X ^a   Lu, X ^a   Fu, Y ^a   Wu, X ^a   Yan, L ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Wang, L ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LUNG EXAMINATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 78650475109     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2010.00784.x     Document Type: Letter

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