ALL R-87 protocol in the treatment of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in early bone marrow relapse

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 671-677

  Giona, Fiorina ^a,h   Testi, Anna Maria ^a   Rondelli, Roberto ^b   Amadori, Sergio ^c   Arcese, William ^a   Meloni, Giovanna ^a   Moleti, Maria Luisa ^a   Ceci, Adriana ^d   Pillon, Marta ^e   Madon, Enrico ^f   Comis, Margherita ^g   Pession, Andrea ^b   Mandelli, Franco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g BIANCHI MELACRINO MORELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Cattedra di Ematologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMT; Childhood ALL; Early relapse; IDARA C; Idarubicin

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; FOLINIC ACID; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VINDESINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 9844250212     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4413253.x     Document Type: Article

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