Spontaneous, transient regression of B lymphoblastic leukemia in an adult patient: A variant presentation of prodromal/pre-ALL

Leukemia Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Boonchalermvichian, Chaiyaporn ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Brynes, Russell K ^a   Siddiqi, Imran N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOGENETICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PRELEUKEMIA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855912622     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: 18735835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.10.030     Document Type: Letter

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