Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma presenting with severe myelofibrosis and a high serum hyaluronan level

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Suehiro, Youko ^a   Tachikawa, Yoshimichi ^a   Abe, Yasunobu ^b   Ohshima, Koichi ^c   Muta, Koichiro ^b   Tani, Kenzaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Hyaluronan; Myelofibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYALURONIC ACID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICYTOPENIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; MYELOPHTHISIC ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE AND SOFT TISSUE; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548572837     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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