Hairy cell leukemia and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome [10]

Leukemia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 655-656

  Alexopoulou, A ^a   Dourakis, S P ^a   Louka, O ^a   Marinaki, O ^b   Kalmantis, T ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CLADRIBINE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

AGED; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; EATON LAMBERT SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE STIMULATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0037349020     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402863     Document Type: Letter

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