Complete response in a patient with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) treated with combination of alemtuzumab and pentostatin

Leukemia Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-105

  Ravandi, Farhad ^a   Faderl, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alemtuzumab; ATL; HTLV I; Pentostatin

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; PENTOSTATIN; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 27844536515     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2005.05.008     Document Type: Note

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