Clinical and laboratory features of adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma in Barbados

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 561-565

  Deardren, Claire ^a,d   Corbin, David ^a   Prussia, Patsy ^a   Williams, Elaine ^b   Hanshard, Barrie ^b   Matutes, Estella ^c   Catovsky, Daniel ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukaemia lymphoma (ATLL); Tropical spastic paraparesis HTLV I associated myelopathy (TSP HAM)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA;

EID: 0030451782     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199609054865     Document Type: Article

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