New insights into the biology of Philadelphia-chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using a combination of May-Grunwald-Giemsa staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques at the single cell level

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 452-459

  Haferlach, Torsten ^a   Winkemann, Martin ^b   Ramm Petersen, Lotte ^b   Meeder, Marlies ^b   Schoch, Robert ^b   Weber Matthiesen, Klaus ^c   Schlegelberger, Brigitte ^c   Schoch, Claudia ^a   Ludwig, Wolf Dieter ^b   Hiddemann, Wolfgang ^a   Löffler, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell lineage involvement; FICTION; MGG and FISH; Myeloid coexpression; Ph +ve acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9844224492     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4203237.x     Document Type: Article

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