Mast cell leukemia: A report of ten cases

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 505-508

  Valentini, Caterina Giovanna ^a   Rondoni, Michela ^b   Pogliani, Enrico Maria ^c   Van Lint, Maria Teresa ^d   Cattaneo, Chiara ^e   Marbello, Laura ^f   Pulsoni, Alessandro ^g   Giona, Fiorina ^g   Martinelli, Giovanni ^b   Leone, Giuseppe ^a   Pagano, Livio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e Divisione di Ematologia   (Italy)

^f OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CLADRIBINE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEROID; TIOGUANINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ASCITES; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARYOTYPE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MAST-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42549133708     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0430-3     Document Type: Letter

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