Hematopoietic stem cell allografting for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A focus on reduced-intensity conditioning regimens

Cancer Control

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-75

  Kharfan Dabaja, Mohamed A ^a   Bazarbachi, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MELPHALAN; PROTEIN KINASE ZAP 70; RITUXIMAB;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83255164801     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327481201900107     Document Type: Review

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