Variant Richter's syndrome: A rare case of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma developing in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with fludarabine

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2151-2154

  Nemets, A ^a   Ben Dor, D ^a   Barry, T ^b   Ducach, A ^a   Blumental, R ^a   Ben Alon D , D ^a   Lugassy, G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PHENOPATH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CLL SLL; Fludarabine; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Richter

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; KARYOTYPE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED STERNBERG CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; VIDARABINE;

EID: 0242719852     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000123500     Document Type: Article

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