Cerebrovascular disease in acute leukemia: A clinicopathological study of 14 patients

Internal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1130-1134

  Kawanami, Toru ^a   Kurita, Keiji ^a   Yamakawa, Mitsunori ^a   Omoto, Eijiro ^a   Kato, Takeo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; DIC; Hemorrhagic infarction; Mucormycosis; Multiple hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CANCER PATIENT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PETECHIA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036969894     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.1130     Document Type: Article

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