Spontaneous remission in hypoplastic acute leukemia.

نویسندگان

  • M Kizaki
  • T Ogawa
  • Y Watanabe
  • K Toyama
چکیده

A recurrent spontaneous complete remission of acute hypoplastic leukemia was observed. The remission occurred after a severe infection which was treated with antibiotics. Reports of spontaneous remission of acute leukemia in adults have become increasingly rare, and the remissions themselves are short-lived. Such spontaneous complete remissions are almost always associated with bacte rial infections and blood transfusions. Previous cases are summarized, and the pathophysiologic factors are discussed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Keio journal of medicine

دوره 37 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1988