Hodgkin's disease variant of Richter's syndrome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients previously treated with fludarabine

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-205

  Fong, Dominic ^a   Kaiser, Alexandra ^b   Spizzo, Gilbert ^a   Gastl, Guenther ^a   Tzankov, Alexandar ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

CLL; Fludarbine; Hodgkin's disease; Richter's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ALPHA INTERFERON; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ASSOCIATED MIXED CELLULARITY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NODULAR SCLEROSIS HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REED STERNBERG CELL; TONSILLECTOMY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, VIRAL; CLONE CELLS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, B-LYMPHOCYTE, HEAVY CHAIN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MICROMANIPULATION; MIDDLE AGED; REED-STERNBERG CELLS; VIDARABINE;

EID: 17644382617     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05426.x     Document Type: Article

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