‘Acute myeloid leukemia: A comprehensive review and 2016 update’

Blood Cancer Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  De Kouchkovsky, I ^a   Abdul Hay, M ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD135 ANTIGEN; CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; CLOFARABINE; CRENOLANIB; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 2; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE INHIBITOR; MIDOSTAURIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; QUIZARTINIB; SORAFENIB; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85014421022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2016.50     Document Type: Review

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