Spontaneous remission of childhood acute marrow fibrosis and megakaryoblastic leukemia

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 565-568

  Elhasid, Ronit ^a   Tohami, Tali ^b   Moustafa Hawash, Nivin ^c   Ben Ezra, Jonathan ^a   Izraeli, Shai ^a   Sayar, Dror ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Institute of Human Genetics   (Israel)

Author keywords

acute megakaryocytic leukemia; Down syndrome; GATA1 mutation; myelofibrosis; spontaneous remission; t(1; 22) translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ACUTE MEGAKARYOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOWN SYNDROME; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GATA1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MYELOFIBROSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOBLASTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84866938173     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318257a172     Document Type: Article

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