Clinical Significance of Cytogenetic Abnormalities in Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Stefan Faderl, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Moshe Talpaz, Zeev Estrov

Blood · 1998 · 302 citations · 239 references

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Abstract

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemias (ALL) are characterized by clonal proliferation, accumulation, and tissue infiltration of neoplastic cells. They are mainly regarded as childhood diseases, with an early incidence peak at 2 to 5 years of age, where they represent about 80% of the childhood leukemias in

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