Leukemic stem cell frequency: a strong biomarker for clinical outcome in acute myeloid leukemia.

INTRODUCTION: Treatment failure in acute myeloid leukemia is probably caused by the presence of leukemia initiating cells, also referred to as leukemic stem cells, at diagnosis and their persistence after therapy. Specific identification of leukemia stem cells and their discrimination from normal he...

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Main Authors: Monique Terwijn, Wendelien Zeijlemaker, Angèle Kelder, Arjo P Rutten, Alexander N Snel, Willemijn J Scholten, Thomas Pabst, Gregor Verhoef, Bob Löwenberg, Sonja Zweegman, Gert J Ossenkoppele, Gerrit J Schuurhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4171508?pdf=render