Role of RT-PCR and FISH in diagnosis and monitoring of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Polampalli, S ^a   Choughule, A ^a   Prabhash, K ^a   Amare, P ^a   Baisane, C ^a   Kabre, S ^a   Mahadik, S ^a   Shinde, S ^a   Nair, R ^a   Banavali, S ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

acute promyelocytic leukemia; fluorescent in situ hybridization; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 79951976065     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.75831     Document Type: Article

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