FLT3/ITD AML and the law of unintended consequences

Blood

Volumn 117, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 6987-6990

  Levis, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD135 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; FLT3 LIGAND;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL TANDEM DUPLICATION MUTATION; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79959813961     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-03-340273     Document Type: Review

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