Dual-positive (CD4+/CD8+) acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma associated with complex karyotype and refractory hypercalcemia: Case report and literature review

Case Reports in Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Raza, Shahzad ^a   Naik, Seema ^a   Kancharla, Venkat P ^a   Tafera, Fekade ^a   Kalavar, Madhumati R ^a  

^a BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute T cell leukemia; Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin; Etoposide; Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV 1); Prednisone; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 13; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 5; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE; LETHARGY; MALE; MONOSOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 78751513534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16626575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323163     Document Type: Review

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