Biological characteristics of CD7(+) acute leukemia.

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Biological characteristics of CD7(+) acute leukemia.

Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Apr 1996

Miwa H, Nakase K, Kita K

Abstract excerpt

Eighty six of 430 acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) patients (20.0%) and forty of 173 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients (23.1%) had CD7 on their leukemia cells. CD7(+) AML occurred at a younger age than CD7(-) AML, and is more frequent in males. Hepatomegaly and central nervous system i...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Antigens, CD7
Female
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
Prognosis

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