Primary pulmonary hypertension in a patient with CD8/T-cell large granulocyte leukemia: Amelioration by cladribine therapy

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 551-553

  Rossoff, Leonard J ^a   Genovese, Joseph ^a   Coleman, Morton ^b   Dantzker, David R ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8 T cell granulocyte leukemia; Chronic granulocyte leukemia; Cladribine; Primary pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CLADRIBINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; NIFEDIPINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REMISSION; SUBLINGUAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030852936     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.551     Document Type: Article

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