Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in Bahia, Brazil: Analysis of prognostic factors in a group of 70 patients

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 875-882

  Bittencourt, Achiléa L ^a   Vieira, Maria Da Graças ^a   Brites, Carlos R ^a   Farre, Lourdes ^b   Barbosa, Helenemarie S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia lymphoma; Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; HAM TSP; HTLV I infection; Mature T cell leukemia lymphoma; Myelopathy associated with HTLV I tropical spastic paraparesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PSORALEN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SURVIVAL; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, ADULT T-CELL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SKIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36249023713     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/2YGD1P0QCVCWBLDX     Document Type: Article

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