Fludarabine, mitoxantrone and dexamethasone as first-line treatment for T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia [18]

Leukemia

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2225-2226

  Tse, E ^a   Chan, J C W ^b   Pang, A ^a   Au, W Y ^a   Leung, A Y H ^a   Lam, C C K ^a   Kwong, Y L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MITOXANTRONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE APLASIA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LETTER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548808047     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404767     Document Type: Letter

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