Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL): Report of two fully documented hellenic patients

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 715-721

  Kokoris, Styliani I ^a   Siakantaris, Marina P ^a   Kontopidou, Flora N ^a   Kyrtsonis, Marie Christine ^a   Tsakris, Athanassions ^b   Spanakis, Nikolaos ^b   Anargyrou, Konstantinos ^a   Vassilakopoulos, Theodoros P ^a   Viniou, Nora Athina ^a   Korkolopoulou, Penelope ^b   Dimitrakopoulou, Aglaia D ^a   Legakis, Nikolaos ^b   Pangalis, Gerassimos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma; ATLL; Hellenic patients

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; GANCICLOVIR; GLICLAZIDE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PENTOSTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TIABENDAZOLE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GREECE; HAND; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN NODULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CELL;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA, VIRAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 10744221465     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819032000140960     Document Type: Article

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