Acute promyelocytic leukaemia with t(11;17)(q23;q12-21) and a good initial response to prolonged ATRA and combination chemotherapy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 328-330

  Culligan, Dominic J ^a   Stevenson, David ^a   Chee, Yen Lin ^a   Grimwade, David ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APL; ATRA; Complete remission; PLZF; T(11; 17) translocation

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0031937683     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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