CD34 positive-microgranular variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia in a child

• Main Authors: Ashwini R Nargund (Author), Geeta V Patil (Author), C P Raghuram (Author), Eswarachary Venkataswamy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in which abnormal promyelocytes predominate. APL is rare in children (approximately 10% of childhood AML) and is characterized by a higher incidence of hyperleukocytosis, an increased incidence of microgranular morpholog...