Disseminated intravascular coagulation complicating acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A study of childhood and adult cases

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1169-1176

  Higuchi, Takakazu ^a   Toyama, Daisuke ^a   Hirota, Yasuzou ^a   Isoyama, Keiichi ^a   Mori, Hiraku ^a   Niikura, Haruo ^a   Yamada, Kouichiro ^a   Omine, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Coagulopathy; Complication; Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CANCER PROCOAGULANT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; STUDENT T TEST; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L2; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23144439231     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190500102662     Document Type: Article

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