Reversal of leukostasis-related pulmonary distress syndrome after leukapheresis and low-dose chemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Piro, Eugenio ^a   Carillio, Guido ^a   Levato, Luciano ^a   Kropp, Mariagrazia ^a   Molica, Stefano ^a  

^a PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CD135 ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROXYUREA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOSTASIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT;

EID: 80052982739     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.2756     Document Type: Article

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