Risk stratification of intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia: Integrative analysis of a multitude of gene mutation and gene expression markers

Blood

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1069-1076

  Rockova, Veronika ^a   Abbas, Saman ^a   Wouters, Bas J ^a   Erpelinck, Claudia A J ^a   Beverloo, H Berna ^a   Delwel, Ruud ^a   Van Putten, Wim L J ^a   Löwenberg, Bob ^a   Valk, Peter J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD135 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; K RAS PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 1; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOGENETICS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79960973763     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-02-334748     Document Type: Article

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