Coexistence of normal and clonal haemopoiesis in aplastic anaemia patients treated with immunosuppressive therapy

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 505-511

  Piaggio, G ^a   Podesta M ^a   Pitto, A ^a   Sessarego, M ^b   Figari, O ^a   Fugazza, G ^b   Benvenuto, F ^a   Bruno, B ^a   Van Lint, M T ^a   Truini, M ^a,b   Frassoni, F ^a   Bacigalupo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; Cytogenetic abnormalities; Immunosuppressive therapy; PNH phenotype; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032703227     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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