Efficacy of prolonged therapy with combined arsenic trioxide and ATRA for relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1390-1391

  Breccia, Massimo ^a   Cicconi, Laura ^a   Minotti, Clara ^a   Latagliata, Roberto ^a   Giannì, Laura ^b   Lo Coco, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; QT PROLONGATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARSENICALS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; OXIDES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRETINOIN;

EID: 80052385057     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2011.045500     Document Type: Letter

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