Regional differences exist in allogeneic stem cell transplantation rates for acute leukemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-238

  Miura, Yuji ^a   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^b   Azuma, Takayuki ^c   Hamaki, Tamae ^d   Kodama, Yuko ^d   Kusumi, Eiji ^d   Matsumura, Tomoko ^d   Nakamura, Toshihiko ^e   Kami, Masahiro ^d   Komatsu, Tsunehiko ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH;

HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 42049092083     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-008-0049-8     Document Type: Letter

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