Diagnostic and follow-up eosinophilia is not predictive of outcome in childhood acute myeloid leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Agarwal, Rishu ^a,c   Vishnubhatla, Sreenivas ^b,c   Gupta, Ritu ^a,c   Bakhshi, Sameer ^c  

^a Departments of Laboratory Oncology   (India)

^b Biostatistics   (India)

^c INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

acute myeloid leukemia; eosinophilia; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVA HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952191335     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181f46a91     Document Type: Article

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