Subtotal splenectomy for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 708-709

  Petroianu, Andy ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Leukemia; Splenectomy; Subtotal splenectomy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344394178     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0720-3     Document Type: Article

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