Remission of hairy cell leukemia without treatment

Haematologia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-264

  Abramson, Neil ^a,b   Castro, Salvador ^a  

^a Baptist Regional Cancer Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairy cell leukemia; HIV; Legionnaire's disease; Transfusion associated HIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BONE MARROW; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031298020     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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