Chronic myeloid leukaemia in a man with myasthenia gravis treated by thymectomy

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-107

  Pavithran, Keechilat ^a,c   Panakkel, Charles ^a   Roy, Dinesh ^b   Thomas, Mathew ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SAT Hospital   (India)

^c Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Myasthenia gravis; Second malignancies; Treatment related leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DEMECOLCINE; HYDROXYUREA; MERCAPTOPURINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; THYMECTOMY;

EID: 0036699551     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2002.02726.x     Document Type: Article

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