Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children: Durable responses to chemotherapy associated with low initial white blood cell counts

Leukemia

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1493-1496

  Ribeiro, R C ^a,b   Broniscer, A ^a   Rivera, G K ^a   Hancock, M L ^a   Raimondi, S C ^a   Sandlund, J T ^a   Crist, W ^a   Evans, W E ^a   Pui, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FOLINIC ACID; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030870639     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400749     Document Type: Article

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