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Reversible cardiac dysfunction without myocytolysis related to all-trans retinoic acid administration during induction therapy of acute promyelocytic leukemia

✍ Scribed by Annunziata Manna; Luigi Cadenotti; Andrea Motto; Piercarlo Ballo

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 52 KB
Volume: 88
Category: Article
ISSN: 0939-5555
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-008-0552-2

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