Personal practice: How we manage the risk of bleeding and thrombosis in children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 505-511

  Astwood, Emma ^a   Vora, Ajay ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Bleeding; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; ASPARAGINASE; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN; STEROID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

CHILD; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPINAL PUNCTURE; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951549170     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08446.x     Document Type: Review

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