Acute promyelocytic leukemia is characterized by the reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 15 and 17. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) efficiently induces differentiation of the abnormal promyelocytes. In this study, we had used ATRA as the primary induction therapy for 17 newly diagnosed patients,
Four years' experience with the treatment of all-trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia
β Scribed by Dr. Xingzhong Wu; Xuewen Wang; Xiaoping Qien; Hainin Liu; Jianshang Ying; Zhicheng Yang; Haiqien Yao
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 640 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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