How I treat acute myeloid leukemia presenting with preexisting comorbidities

Blood

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 488-496

  Ofran, Yishai ^a,b   Tallman, Martin S ^c,d   Rowe, Jacob M ^a,b,e  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CD135 ANTIGEN; CEBPA PROTEIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ASCITES; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN SATURATION; PANCYTOPENIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SMOKING; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRISOMY 8; WALKER; WEAKNESS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 84980000668     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2016-01-635060     Document Type: Review

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