Extramedullary blast crisis in chronic myeloid leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 905-908

  Specchia, Giorgina ^a   Palumbo, Gaetano ^a   Pastore, Domenico ^a   Mininni, Donata ^a   Mestice, Anna ^a   Liso, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blast crisis; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Extramedullary disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; DAUNORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BONE MARROW CELL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOID CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLAST CRISIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BUSULFAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, AGGRESSIVE-PHASE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC-PHASE; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT; PREDNISONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0030293983     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2126(96)00054-9     Document Type: Article

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