Long-term outcome of treatment of anemia in MDS with erythropoietin and G-CSF

Blood

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 803-811

  Jädersten, Martin ^b   Montgomery, Scott M ^b   Dybedal, Ingunn ^b   Porwit MacDonald, Anna ^b   Hellström Lindberg, Eva ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044440179     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2004-10-3872     Document Type: Article

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