Alemtuzumab is an effective therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia with p53 mutations and deletions

Blood

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3278-3281

  Lozanski, Gerard ^b   Heerema, Nyla A ^b   Flinn, Ian W ^b   Smith, Lisa ^b   Harbison, Jennifer ^b   Webb, Jennifer ^b   Moran, Mollie ^b   Lucas, Margaret ^b   Lin, Thomas ^b   Hackbarth, Marcy L ^b   Proffitt, John H ^b   Lucas, David ^b   Grever, Michael R ^b   Byrd, John C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALEMTUZUMAB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 11144357657     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-10-3729     Document Type: Article

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