## Background: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) who experience hematologic recurrence while receiving chemotherapy or within 6 months after its cessation have a low cure rate. in this study (pediatric oncology group protocol 8303) two methods were examined for improving the outcome
An analysis of the presence of fc receptors on bone marrow lymphoblasts in acute lymphoblastic leukemia a pediatric oncology group study
β Scribed by G. Bennett Humphrey; Rebecca Blackstock; John M. Falletta; Richard S. Metzgar; Ellen R. Richie; D. Jeanette Pullen; James M. Boyett; Jonathan J. Shuster; Mary Ann Roper; Edward Clifford Russell; Donald H. Mahoney; Abdel H. Ragab
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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