Successful treatment of relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia in a patient receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis with oral arsenic trioxide

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1067-1068

  Au, Wing Yan ^b   Cheung, Giselle T ^b   Yuen, Tommy W ^b   Kumana, Cyrus R ^b   Kwong, Yok Lam ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; OXIDES; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18344365667     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.9.1067     Document Type: Article

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