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Morphology, Cytochemistry, and Ultrastructure of Leukemic Cells with Regard to the Classification of Leukemias

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Leukemia

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 93))

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Morphology and cytochemistry now play a major part in the diagnosis and subclassification of acute myeloid leukemias (AML). In acute lymphatic leukemias (ALL), however, these methods have largely been replaced by immunological membrane marker investigations.

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Huhn, D. (1984). Morphology, Cytochemistry, and Ultrastructure of Leukemic Cells with Regard to the Classification of Leukemias. In: Thiel, E., Thierfelder, S. (eds) Leukemia. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 93. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82249-0_3

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