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Immunophenotyping is an independent factor for risk stratification in AML

  1. R. Repp1,*,
  2. U. Schaekel2,
  3. G. Helm1,
  4. C. Thiede2,
  5. S. Soucek2,
  6. U. Pascheberg3,
  7. H. Wandt4,
  8. W. Aulitzky5,
  9. H. Bodenstein6,
  10. R. Sonnen7,
  11. H. Link8,
  12. G. Ehninger2,
  13. M. Gramatzki1

Article first published online: 21 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.10030

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Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry

Cytometry Part B: Clinical Cytometry

Special Issue: Cytomics in Predictive Medicine

Volume 53B, Issue 1, pages 11–19, May 2003

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Repp, R., Schaekel, U., Helm, G., Thiede, C., Soucek, S., Pascheberg, U., Wandt, H., Aulitzky, W., Bodenstein, H., Sonnen, R., Link, H., Ehninger, G. and Gramatzki, M. (2003), Immunophenotyping is an independent factor for risk stratification in AML. Cytometry, 53B: 11–19. doi: 10.1002/cyto.b.10030

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  1. 1

    Department of Medicine III, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Medicine I, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

  3. 3

    Dortmund, Germany

  4. 4

    Department of Medicine V, Klinikum Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

  5. 5

    Department of Medicine II, Robert-Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

  6. 6

    Department of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Minden, Minden, Germany

  7. 7

    Department of Hematology, Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany

  8. 8

    Department of Medicine I, Westpfalz-Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany

*Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine III, Krankenhaustrasse 12, 91054 Erlangen, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 21 APR 2003
  2. Article first published online: 21 APR 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 FEB 2003
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 JAN 2003

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