High early death rate in elderly patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid combined chemotherapy

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-266

  Imagawa, Jun ^a   Harada, Yuka ^a,e   Shimomura, Takeshi ^b   Tanaka, Hideo ^c   Okikawa, Yoshiko ^d   Harada, Hironori ^a,e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CYTARABINE; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RETINOIC ACID SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 84882277012     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: 18653774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-013-1390-0     Document Type: Letter

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