Splenectomy in the accelerated or blastic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia: A single-institution, 25-year experience

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Bouvet, Michael ^a   Babiera, Gildy V ^a   Termuhlen, Paula M ^a   Hester, Jeane P ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop M ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030839138     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90259-2     Document Type: Article

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