## Abstract There are a number of observations that suggest the dsRNAβactivated protein kinase, PKR, may play an active role in formation and maintenance of leukemia, including nonrandom chromosomal deletions in acute leukemia as well as truncations and deletions of the PKR gene in some leukemia ce
Defective complement activity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
β Scribed by Margo E. Heath; Bruce D. Cheson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 748 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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