To the Editor: Relapse is still a problem for leukemias, particularly in the autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) setting. Moreover, the CD20 positive phenotype, deยฎned as >20% expression, may be associated with a worse outcome [1]. Therefore, our experience with such a patient in whom we a
High-dose chemotherapy and unpurged autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia in second or subsequent remission
โ Scribed by Jorge A. Spinolo; Karel A. Dicke; Leonard J. Horwitz; Sundar Jagannath; Kenneth McCredie; Elihu Estey; Hagop Kantarjian; Axel R. Zander; Michael Keating; Gary Spitzer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 710 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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