Atypical presentation of acute promyelocytic leukaemia
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Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) represents 15 % of acute myeloid leukaemia. Prior to tretinoin usage, the treatment of APL was difficult and remission rates were low especially in developing countries due to mortality resulting primarily from bleeding'. APL is associated with a coagulopathy which may be due to a combination of disseminated intravascular coagulation and primary fibrinolysis. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Haematology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0007-1048
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05879.x