Acute myeloid leukemia in children: Current status and future directions

Pediatrics International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 71-80

  Taga, Takashi ^a   Tomizawa, Daisuke ^b   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^c   Adachi, Souichi ^d  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

acute myeloid leukemia; acute promyelocytic leukemia; clinical trial; Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYTARABINE; RETINOIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959453303     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ped.12865     Document Type: Review

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