The BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate produces a high rate of cytogenetic responses in patients with Philadelphia (Ph)-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but secondary clonal chromosome abnormalities may develop in Ph-negative cells, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) has been
Μultiple myeloma developing after imatinib mesylate therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia
✍ Scribed by A. Galanopoulos; S. I. Papadhimitriou; E. Kritikou-Griva; M. Georgiakaki; N. I. Anagnostopoulos
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 56 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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