The negative prognostic significance of positive direct antiglobulin test in Chinese patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1482-1487

  Xu, Wei ^a   Li, Jian Yong ^a   Miao, Kou Rong ^a   Cao, Xin ^a   Liu, Qiong ^a   Fan, Lei ^a   Qiao, Chun ^a   Wu, Yu Jie ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; direct antiglobulin test; prognosis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOMBS TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN GENE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRISOMY 12; ASIAN; BLOOD; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952276865     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190903111930     Document Type: Article

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