Myelodysplastic syndromes in childhood: Report of 49 patients from a French multicentre study

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 344-350

  Bader Meunier, Brigitte ^a,b   Miélot, Françoise ^a   Tchernia, Gil ^a   Buisine, Jacqueline ^a   Delsol, Georges ^a   Duchayne, Eliane ^a   Lemerle, Sophie ^a   Leverger, Guy ^a   De Lumley, Lionel ^a   Manel, Anne Marie ^a   Nathanson, Mireille ^a   Plantaz, Dominique ^a   Robert, Alain ^a   Schaison, Gérard ^a   Sommelet, Danièle ^a   Vilmer, Etienne ^a  

^a Soc Paediatr Haematology I   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myeloblastic leukaemia; Childhood; Clonality; Constitutional anomalies; Myelodysplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; DOXORUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9044248952     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.0000.d01-1480.x     Document Type: Article

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