Clinical features at diagnosis in 430 patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia seen at a referral centre over a 16-year period

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Savage, David G ^a,b   Szydlo, Richard M ^a   Goldman, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic myeloid leukaemia; myeloproliferative disorders; platelet dysfunction; thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENOMEGALY; SWEATING; THROMBOCYTOSIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031031003     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-1982.x     Document Type: Article

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