Diagnosis and subclassification of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chiaretti, Sabina ^a   Zini, Gina ^b   Bassan, Renato ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; B LYMPHOBLAST; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MYELOBLAST; NATURAL KILLER CELL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOBLAST;

EID: 84926316437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20353006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4084/mjhid.2014.073     Document Type: Review

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