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Research Article

Baseline low immunoglobulin A predicts inferior disease-free survival in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia and serial evaluation suggests role of immunoglobulin A in leukemogenesis

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Pages 1132-1138 | Received 19 Mar 2013, Accepted 12 Jul 2013, Published online: 03 Sep 2013

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