Open AccessPrognostic value of Prominin-1 Expression in Egyptian children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Two centers Egyptian study
Author(s) -
Adel A Hagag,
Ghada M El-Mashad,
Enaam S. Abd El-Bar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.148717
Subject(s) - immunophenotyping , bone marrow , pathology , acute leukemia , medicine , white blood cell , leukemia , immunology , antigen
Acute lymphoblasstic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood malignancy. Prominin-1 is a cell-surface trans-membrane glycoprotein expressed on the stem cell surface and has potential role in diagnostic and prognostic work-up of several stem cell cancers. Aim of this Work: To assess the prognostic value of Prominin-1 expression in Egyptian children with ALL.