A case report of an adult with severe hyperlipidemia during acute lymphocytic leukemia induction therapy successfully treated with plasmapheresis

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 509-513

  Nakagawa, Masaru ^a   Kimura, Syogo ^a   Fujimoto, Keiji ^a   Atumi, Hirokatsu ^a   Imura, Jyunko ^a   Chikazawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Imamura, Hidetsugu ^a   Okuyama, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaya, Hideki ^a   Fukushima, Toshihiro ^a   Nakagawa, Atsushi ^a   Asaka, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Asparaginase; Hypertriglyceridemia; Plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; BEZAFIBRATE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; NAFAMSTAT MESILATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FREDRICKSON TYPE V HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE 1; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASPARAGINASE; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149183891     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2008.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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