Treatment-related death in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in the Nordic countries: 1992-2001

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-58

  Christensen, Merete Stubkjaer ^a   Heyman, Mats ^b   Möttönen, Merja ^c   Zeller, Bernward ^d   Jonmundsson, Gudmundur ^e   Hasle, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Early death; Paediatric oncology; Toxic complications; Treatment related mortality

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHILD; COMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744553845     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05736.x     Document Type: Article

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