Molecular characterization of FLT3 mutations in acute leukemia patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4581-4585

  Ishfaq, Mariam ^a   Malik, Arif ^a   Faiz, Mariam ^b   Sheikh, Ishfaq Ahmad ^c   Asif, Muhammad ^d   Khan, Muhammad Nasrullah ^a   Qureshi, Muhammad Saeed ^a   Zahid, Sara ^a   Manan, Abdul ^a   Arooj, Mahwish ^a   Qazi, Mahmood Husain ^a   Chaudhary, Adeel ^c   Alqahtani, Mohammed Hussain ^c   Rasool, Mahmood ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE   (Pakistan)

^b INMOL Hospital   (Pakistan)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d BALOCHISTAN UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; FAB subtypes; FLT3 ITD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874015920     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.9.4581     Document Type: Article

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