Neutropenia and anaemia associated with T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemia responds to fludarabine with minimal toxicity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 699-701

  Sternberg, Alexander ^a   Eagleton, Helen ^a   Pillai, Nithiya ^a   Leyden, Kevin ^a   Turner, Susan ^a   Pearson, Danita ^b   Littlewood, Timothy ^a   Hatton, Chris ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Fludarabine; Neutropenia; T cell large granular lymphocyte leukaemia; T LGL

Indexed keywords

FLUDARABINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; VIDARABINE;

EID: 0037325310     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04148.x     Document Type: Article

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