Prognostic significance of additional chromosome abnormalities in adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 678-691

  Rieder, Harald ^a   Ludwig, Wolf Dieter ^b   Gassmann, Winfried ^c   Maurer, Jürgen ^d   Janssen, Johannes W G ^e   Gökbuget, Nicola ^f   Schwartz, Stefan ^d   Thiel, Eckhard ^d   Löffler, Helmut ^c   Bartram, Claus R ^e   Hoelzer, Dieter ^f   Fonatsch, Christa ^g  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; additional chromosome aberrations; adults; Philadelphia chromosome positive; prognostic significance

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 8044247806     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1968.x     Document Type: Article

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