Low-dose vemurafenib induces complete remission in a case of hairy-cell leukemia with a V600E mutation

Haematologica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Peyrade, Frederic ^a   Re, Daniel ^a   Ginet, Clemence ^b   Gastaud, Lauris ^a   Allegra, Maryline ^b   Ballotti, Robert ^b   Thyss, Antoine ^a   Zenz, Thorsten ^c   Auberger, Patrick ^b   Robert, Guillaume ^b  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b CENTRE MÉDITERRANÉEN DE MÉDECINE MOLÉCULAIRE C3M   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complete remission; Hairy cell leukemia; V600e mutation; Vemurafenib

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; CD103 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; VEMURAFENIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; SULFONAMIDE;

AGED; ANEMIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEUTROPENIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RELAPSE; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOLES; LEUKEMIA, HAIRY CELL; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; REMISSION INDUCTION; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875340204     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2012.082404     Document Type: Letter

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