Isolated meningeal chloroma (granulocytic sarcoma) - A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 459-462

  Binder, C ^a   Tiemann, M ^b   Haase, D ^a   Humpe, A ^c   Kneba, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukemia; Autologous stem cell transplantation; Chemotherapy; Chloroma

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; MITOXANTRONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHLOROMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033877288     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770000165     Document Type: Article

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