FIND ARTICLE

DETECTION OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN CHILDREN

Detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia with flow cytometry is based on precise description of leukemia cell at diagnosis including aberrant expression of determinants. The important clinical significance of MRD is in time of obtaining the first remission of acute leukemia. The problems with MRD assay and interpretation of results in acute lymphoblastic B and T leukemia are discussed.

The Editorial Board
Andrzej Łukaszyk - przewodniczący, Zofia Bielańska-Osuchowska, Szczepan Biliński, Mieczysław Chorąży, Aleksander Koj, Włodzimierz Korochoda, Leszek Kuźnicki, Aleksandra Stojałowska, Lech Wojtczak

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Katedra i Zakład Histologii i Embriologii Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu, ul. Święcickiego 6, 60-781 Poznań, tel. +48 61 8546453, fax. +48 61 8546440, email: mnowicki@ump.edu.pl

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