Acute myeloid leukaemia induced by mitoxantrone: case report
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Acute myeloid leukaemia induced by mitoxantrone: case report.
Mitoxantrone (MX) is an immunosupressant drug used in secondarily progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS) and in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). It has a leukemogenesis potential induced by cytogenetic abnormalities, though with a low incidence. Promyelocitic leukaemia (type M3) and other forms of acute myeloblastic leukaemias (M4 and M5) have been described in a few MS patients wh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000200024