Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia evolving into acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report and a review of the literature [3]

Leukemia

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1433-1435

  Madan, Ravia ^a,b   Chang, V T ^a,b   Yook, C ^a   Baddoura, F K ^c   Srinivas, S ^a,b   Kasimis, B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UMDNJ NJMS   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; MELPHALAN; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; BEAM THERAPY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 4344576518     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2403408     Document Type: Letter

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