Non-Identical twin sisters concordant for langerhans cell histiocytosis and discordant for secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 70-72

  Dufour, Carlo ^a   Lanciotti, Marina ^a   Micalizzi, Concetta ^a   Valetto, Angelo ^a   Haupt, Riccardo ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detoxifying enzymes; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Secondary leukemias; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IDARUBICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOXANTRONE; TIOGUANINE; VINBLASTINE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034963387     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.1169     Document Type: Article

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