Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia developed 2 years after the onset of immune thrombocytopenic purpura like syndrome

Haematologia

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Ural, Ali Uǧur ^a   Kaptan, Kürşad ^a   Avcu, Ferit ^a   Güran, Şefik ^a   Beyan, Cengiz ^a   Durmuş, Özlem ^a   Yalçin, Atilla ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033642044     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855900300109233     Document Type: Article

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