Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Oncologist

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 374-380

  Rubnitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Pui, Ching Hon ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood; Leukemia; Lymphoblastic; Pediatric; Translocation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMETABOLITE; ASPARAGINASE; BCR ABL PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DNA; EPIPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0031459131     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2-6-374     Document Type: Article

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