The open issue of central nervous system disease in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-400

  Pession, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL RATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77955485406     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22590     Document Type: Short Survey

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