Clinical characteristics of the blast phase of chronic granulocytic leukemia.
The newer biologic and cytogenetic features of the blastic phase of chronic granulocytic leukemia are presented. The complexity and heterogeneity of Ph positive blastic leukemia is emphasized.
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Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000782:Aneuploidy; D001752:Blast Crisis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000235:genetics; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D011379:Prognosis