Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-317

  Oscier, D ^a   Fegan, C ^b   Hillmen, P ^c   Illidge, T ^d   Johnson, S ^e   Maguire, P ^f   Matutes, E ^g   Milligan, D ^b  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Royal Marsden Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Guidelines; Management

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RITUXIMAB;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFLUENZA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 2442554041     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04898.x     Document Type: Review

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