Leukaemic pulmonary infiltrates in adult acute myeloid leukaemia: A high-resolution computerized tomography study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1058-1061

  Potenza, Leonardo ^a   Luppi, Mario ^a   Morselli, Monica ^a   Tonelli, Stefania ^a   D'Apollo, Nicola ^a   Facchini, Luca ^a   Torricelli, Pietro ^a   Tazzioli, Giovanni ^a   Saviola, Alessia ^a   Bresciani, Paola ^a   Longo, Giuseppe ^a   Torelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; High resolution computerized tomography; Leukaemic pulmonary infiltrates; Low leucocyte count; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037355340     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04192.x     Document Type: Article

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