Richter syndrome: A review of clinical, ocular, neurological and other manifestations

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 709-716

  Omoti, Caroline Edijana ^a   Omoti, Afekhide Ernest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Hodgkin lymphoma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Richter syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; OXALIPLATIN; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICHTER SYNDROME; TRISOMY 12; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 48749112908     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07248.x     Document Type: Review

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