Myelomonoblastic leukaemia cells carrying the PEBP2β/MYH11 fusion gene are CD34+, c-KIT+ immature cells

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 656-658

  Osato, Motomi ^a   Asou, Norio ^a   Okubo, Toshiya ^a   Nishimura, Shintaro ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Era, Takumi ^a   Suzushima, Hitoshi ^a   Kawano, Fumio ^b   Matsuoka, Rumiko ^c   Oka, Hiroya ^d   Bae, Suk Chul ^d   Ito, Yoshiaki ^d   Takatsuki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

c KIT; CD34; inv(16); myelomonoblastic leukaemia; PEBP2 MYH11

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8244257352     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.1012917.x     Document Type: Article

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