Successful treatment of HTLV-1-associated acute adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-715

  Borg, Anton ^a   Liu Yin, John A ^a   Johnson, Peter R E ^a   Tosswill, Jennifer ^b   Saunders, Melanie ^a   Morris, David ^c  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukaemia lymphoma; Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; HTLV 1

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0029758398     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.02338.x     Document Type: Article

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