Chronic neutrophilic leukemia with congenital Robertsonian translocation successfully treated with allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in a young man

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 563-567

  Goto, Hideko ^a,b   Hara, Takeshi ^b   Tsurumi, Hisashi ^b   Tanabashi, Shinobu ^a   Moriwaki, Hisataka ^b  

^a Takayama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo HSCT); Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL); Robertsonian translocation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL GRANULE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL GRANULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ROBERTSONIAN CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; SYMPTOM; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOTOXINS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, NEUTROPHILIC, CHRONIC; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650034221     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1334     Document Type: Article

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