Minimal Residual Disease-Based Risk Stratification in Chinese Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Flow Cytometry and Plasma DNA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Suk Hang Cheng; Kin Mang Lau; Chi Kong Li; Natalie P. H. Chan; Rosalina K. L. Ip; Chi Keung Cheng; Vincent Lee; Matthew M. K. Shing; Alex W. K. Leung; Shau Yin Ha; Daniel K. L. Cheuk; Anselm C. W. Lee; Chak Ho Li; Chung Wing Luk; Siu Cheung Ling; Ondrej Hrusak; Ester Mejstrikova; Yonna Leung; Margaret H. L. Ng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069467

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Minimal Residual Disease-Based Risk Stratification in Chinese Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Flow Cytometry and Plasma DNA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Suk Hang Cheng,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Kin Mang Lau,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Chi Kong Li,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Natalie P. H. Chan,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Rosalina K. L. Ip,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Chi Keung Cheng,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Vincent Lee,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Matthew M. K. Shing,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Alex W. K. Leung,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Shau Yin Ha,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Daniel K. L. Cheuk,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Anselm C. W. Lee,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Chak Ho Li,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Chung Wing Luk,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Siu Cheung Ling,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Ondrej Hrusak,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Ester Mejstrikova,

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Yonna Leung,

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Margaret H. L. Ng

* E-mail: margaretng@cuhk.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Minimal Residual Disease-Based Risk Stratification in Chinese Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Flow Cytometry and Plasma DNA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Suk Hang Cheng,
Kin Mang Lau,
Chi Kong Li,
Natalie P. H. Chan,
Rosalina K. L. Ip,
Chi Keung Cheng,
Vincent Lee,
Matthew M. K. Shing,
Alex W. K. Leung,
Shau Yin Ha

Published: July 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069467

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