Prognosis of DLCL patients is variable and associated with well-deยฎned risk factors. In the past decade several pretreatment variables have been incorporated into prognostic models to predict the death risk of individual patients. The International Prognostic Index (IPI), developed in an internation
A prognostic score for AIDS-related diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in Brazil
โ Scribed by Paula Yurie Tanaka; Luis Fernando Pracchia; Marcelo Bellesso; Dalton Alencar Fischer Chamone; Edenilson Eduardo Calore; Juliana Pereira
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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