PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.43, sa.4, ss.354-360, 2001 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Background: The CD44, a cell surface proteoglycan, participates in a variety of function including tumor dissemination and metastasis. However, there are no available data on the prognostic significance of CD44 expression of tumor tissue correlated with serum sCD44 level in childhood leukemias and lymphomas.