Clinical implications of the molecular genetics of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 675-685

  Foà, Robin ^a   Del Giudice, Ilaria ^a   Guarini, Anna ^a   Rossi, Davide ^b   Gaidano, Gianluca ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ATM PROTEIN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; RITUXIMAB;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLONAL EVOLUTION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL;

EID: 84877015707     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.069369     Document Type: Article

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