analysis, the patients were divided into two groups: those with the leukemia type ATL and those with the lymphoma type. The prognostic factors have been evaluated separately for each of the types as well.
Case of adult T-cell leukemia resulting in spontaneous remission and pancytopenia
โ Scribed by Kazuhiko Muraki; Kenji Shinohara; Toru Takahashi; Itsuro Ota; Ryohei Nawata
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 389 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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