Very late relapse of B cell lymphoma masquerading as blastic transformation of chronic myeloid leukemia [2]

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1414-1416

  Au, Wing Y ^a   Wong, Kai Y ^a   Wan, Thomas S ^a   So, Jason C ^a   Srivastava, Gopesh ^a   Wong, Simon H M ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; EPIRUBICIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLAST TRANSFORMATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE;

AGED; BLAST CRISIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34447542227     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701344931     Document Type: Letter

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