Early haemorrhagic morbidity and mortality during remission induction with or without all-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 689-695

  Di Bona, Eros ^a   Avvisati, Giuseppe ^b   Castaman, Giancarlo ^a   Vegna, Maria Luce ^b   De Sanctis, Vitaliana ^b   Rodeghiero, Francesco ^a   Mandelli, Franco ^b  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; All trans retinoic acid; Haemorrhagic death; Haemorrhagic symptoms; Idarubicin

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; IDARUBICIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REPRODUCIBILITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATELET COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0034124641     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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