Two cases of hypereosinophilia and high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1463-1465

  Sutton, R ^a   Lonergan, M ^b   Tapp, H ^c   Venn, N C ^a   Haber, M ^a   Norris, M D ^a   O'Brien, T A ^d   Alvaro, F ^b   Revesz, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAUNORUBICIN; ENOXAPARIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NONMYELOABLATIVE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 47549114678     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2405096     Document Type: Letter

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