Granulocytic sarcoma with spinal cord compression in chronic myelogenous leukemia: A case report

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-119

  Chalhoub Hachem, Berthe R ^a   Kattan, Joseph G ^a   Ghosn, Marwan G ^a   Abadjian, Gérard A ^a   Okais, Nabil M ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 3342969441     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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