Seven patients with a myelodysplastic syndrome or "smoldering" acute myelogenous leukemia were treated with cytosine arabinoside in low dosage. Four patients experienced transient, partial responses characterized by improved peripheral blood counts, cessation of transfusion requirements, and a decre
Low-dose arabinosyl cytosine in acute leukemia after a myelodysplastic syndrome and in elderly leukemia
β Scribed by Emilio P. Alessandrino; Ester Orlandi; Ercole Brusamolino; Mario Lazzarino; Carlo Bernasconi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 190 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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