| Description |
xv, 16 unnumbered pages of plates, 739 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. History of leukemia -- Ch. 2. Biology of leukemia: an overview -- Ch. 3. Myelopoiesis -- Ch. 4. Lymphopoiesis -- Ch. 5. Molecular cytogenetics of leukemia -- Ch. 6. Immunobiology of leukemia -- Ch. 7. Epidemiology of leukemia: overview and patterns of occurrence -- Ch. 8. Radiation-induced leukemia -- Ch. 9. Chemicals and leukemia -- Ch. 10. Viruses and leukemia -- Ch. 11. Diagnosis, classification, and assessment of response to treatment -- Ch. 12. Detection of minimal residual disease -- Ch. 13. General management of the patient with leukemia -- Ch. 14. Management of infections in patients with leukemia -- Ch. 15. Management of bleeding and thrombosis in acute leukemia and chronic myeloproliferative disorders -- Ch. 16. Management of anemia in patients with leukemia -- Ch. 17. Pharmacology of antileukemic drugs -- Ch. 18. Treatment of leukemia with monoclonal antibodies, immunotoxins, and immunoconjugates -- Ch. 19. Antisense and gene transfer as therapeutic strategies in acute and chronic leukemia -- Ch. 20. Hematopoietic cell transplantation in the leukemias -- Ch. 21. Acute myelogenous leukemia -- Ch. 22. Acute myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents -- Ch. 23. Acute promyelocytic leukemia -- Ch. 24. Myelodysplastic syndromes -- Ch. 25 |
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Chronic myeloid leukemia -- Ch. 26. Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- Ch. 27. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in adults -- Ch. 28. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Ch. 29. Hairy cell leukemia -- Ch. 30. Adult T-cell leukemia |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Leukemia.
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Leukemia.
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| Author |
Lister, T. A. (Thomas Andrew)
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Henderson, Edward S., 1932-
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Greaves, M. F. (Melvyn F.), 1941-
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| LC no. |
2002017018 |
| ISBN |
0721690602 : |
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