Cladribine treatment of a patient with hairy cell leukemia and concomitant multiple sclerosis

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-100

  Hilbe, W ^a   Berger, T ^b   Konwalinka, G ^b   Thaler, J ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cladribine; Hairy cell leukemia; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CLADRIBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLADRIBINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0032881321     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040978     Document Type: Article

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