Adult T-cell leukaemia and lymphoma: Report of two cases and a brief review of the literature

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 330-333

  van Zaanen, H C T ^a   Pegels, J G ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUDARABINE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IVERMECTIN; OXYGEN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; VINCRISTINE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0036719898     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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