ZBTB16-RARα variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia with tuberculosis: A case report and review of literature

Korean Journal of Hematology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-232

  Palta, Anshu ^a   Dhiman, Pratibha ^a   Cruz, Sanjay D ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Promyelocytes; Tuberculosis; ZBTB16 RAR variant

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; D DIMER; RETINOIC ACID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUSION GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIMB SWELLING; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMYELOCYTE; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ZBTB16 RAR ALPHA FUSION GENE;

EID: 84874064068     PISSN: 17387949     EISSN: 20929129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5045/kjh.2012.47.3.229     Document Type: Article

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