Extensive pulmonary infiltration by leukemic blasts successfully treated with hydroxyurea - A case report

Haematologia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-91

  Huang, Po Hsun ^a   You, Jie Yu ^a   Hsu, Hui Chi ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukemia; Hydroxyurea; Pulmonary infiltration; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLAST CRISIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036905045     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855902760262826     Document Type: Article

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