Chemotherapy vs HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplants for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-257

  Oh, H ^a   Gale, R P ^b   Zhang, M J ^c   Passweg, J R ^c   Ino, T ^a,d   Murakami, H ^e   Ohno, R ^f   Rowlings, P A ^c   Sobocinski, K A ^c   Tanimoto, M ^g   Tomonaga, M ^h   Weisdorf, D J ⁱ   Horowitz, M M ^c  

^a Inoue Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b Salick Health Care Inc   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Chemotherapy; Leukemia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031853347     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701316     Document Type: Article

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