Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 475-482 , April 2010

ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma with extensive peripheral blood and bone marrow involvements manifested as “leukemic phase”

  • Ying Lu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
    • Department of Hematology, Ningbo NO 1 Hospital, Ningbo, PR China
    • ,
  • Xiaohui Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
    • Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Endi Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • ,
  • Wei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
    • Sir Run Run Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, PR China
    • ,
  • Qin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of Pathology, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, United States. Tel.: +1 626 359 8111x62037; fax: +1 626 301 8463.

Received 18 June 2009 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2009.07.034

Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 4 , Pages 475-482 , April 2010

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