Characterization and analysis of the outcome of adults with acute myeloid leukemia treated in a Brazilian University hospital over three decades

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 660-665

  Filho, J T Souto ^a   Portugal, R D ^a   Loureiro, M ^a   Pulcheri, W ^a   Nucci, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; TIOGUANINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79961096384     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2011000700008     Document Type: Article

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