Refractory anaemia with excess of blasts in transformation re-evaluated with the WHO criteria: Identification of subgroups with different survival

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-225

  Breccia, Massimo ^a,b   Latagliata, Roberto ^a   Carmosino, Ida ^a   Gentilini, Fabiana ^a   D'Elia, Gianna Maria ^a   Levi, Anna ^a   Natalino, Fiammetta ^a   Frustaci, Annamaria ^a   De Cuia, Maria Rosaria ^a   Alimena, Giuliana ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Department of Human Biotechnology and Hematology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Prognostic scoring systems; Refractory anaemia with excess of blasts in transformation; World Health Organization classification

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST TRANSFORMATION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, REFRACTORY, WITH EXCESS OF BLASTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249061786     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098957     Document Type: Article

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