Death from mast cell leukemia: A young patient with longstanding cutaneous mastocytosis evolving into fatal mast cell eukemia

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-609

  Chantorn, Rattanavalai ^a,b   Shwayder, Tor ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; IDARUBICIN; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; MASTOCYTOMA; MASTOCYTOSIS; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MAST-CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS, CUTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866413744     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01650.x     Document Type: Article

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