Polycythemia vera in Chinese patients: Thirty-six years of experience

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-62

  Chim, C S ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a   Chan, P T ^a   Liang, Raymond ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hydroxyurea; Polycythemia vera; Secondary AML; Thrombosis free survival

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; PHOSPHORUS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; MYELOFIBROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 0030923451     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199709)56:1<59::AID-AJH12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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