Pharmacokinetics of all-trans retinoic acid in adults and children with acute promyelocytic leukemia
โ Scribed by Kimitaka Takitani; Maki Koh; Akiko Inoue; Chihiro Kawakami; Tomoko Kuno; Hiroshi Tamai
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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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,