T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia: Spontaneous immunophenotypical switch from CD4 to CD8 expression

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-481

  Tse, Eric ^a   So, Chi Chiu ^a   Cheung, Winnie W W ^a   Kwong, Yok Lam ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ASPARAGINASE; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; BASOPHIL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION 14; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, PROLYMPHOCYTIC, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955929947     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-010-1026-x     Document Type: Letter

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