The detection and significance of minimal residual disease

Leukemia and Related Disorders: Integrated Treatment Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 251-271

  Radich, Jerald P ^a,b   Wood, Brent L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Flow cytometry; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Leukemia; Minimal residual disease; Polymerase chain reaction; Relapse; Remission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888312672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-565-1_9     Document Type: Chapter

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