Acute leukemia in polycythemia vera: An analysis of 1638 patients enrolled in a prospective observational study

Blood

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2664-2670

  Finazzi, Guido ^b   Caruso, Vanesa ^b   Marchioli, Roberto ^a   Capnist, Giovanni ^b   Chisesi, Teodoro ^b   Finelli, Carlo ^b   Gugliotta, Luigi ^b   Landolfi, Raffaele ^b   Kutti, Jack ^b   Gisslinger, Heinz ^b   Marilus, Raphael ^b   Patrono, Carlo ^b   Pogliani, Enrico Maria ^b   Randi, Maria Luigia ^b   Villegas, Ana ^b   Tognoni, Gianni ^b   Barbui, Tiziano ^b  

^a Santa Maria Imbaro   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUSULFAN; CHLORAMBUCIL; HYDROXYUREA; INTERFERON; PHOSPHORUS 32; PIPOBROMAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 20144389274     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-09-3426     Document Type: Article

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