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Pilot studies of species-specific chemotherapy of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia using genotype and immunophenotype.
Leukemia - 1 Aug 2000
Manera R, Ramirez I, Mullins J, Pinkel D
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Genotype and immunophenotype can be used to define biological species of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The purpose of these two pilot studies, conducted between 1986 and 1994, was to explore the feasibility and acceptability of classifying ALL in this manner for selection of treatment rather than using conventional risk for failure factors such as age and initial white blood cell count. The possibility that...
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