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Leukemia-associated antigens in the mixed leukocyte culture test
1Department of Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
Abstract:
Patients with acute leukemia (blast cells in the peripheral blood) manifest antigens in the one-way mixed leukocyte culture test. Leukocytes from normal patients and leukocytes of patients in remission do not clearly show these antigens. These antigens could be leukemia-associated antigens in man.
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