Thrombosis of the cerebral veins and sinuses in acute promyelocytic leukemia after all-trans retinoic acid treatment: A case report

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 721-723

  Ciccone, Maria ^a,c   Rigolin, Gian Matteo ^a   Viglione, Giulia Marta ^a   Borrelli, Massimo ^b   Serino, Maria Luisa ^a   Cuneo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; All trans retinoic acid; Cerebral thrombosis

Indexed keywords

IDARUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MITOXANTRONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBOSIS; TRETINOIN;

EID: 55049133847     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3282fe7405     Document Type: Article

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