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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 involvement were also more frequent in CD7(+) AML than in CD7(-) AML. The age of onset of CD7(+) ALL is also younger...
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