Spontaneous Remission of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Very Rare Event
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Spontaneous remission of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report
Spontaneous remission (SR) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a rare phenomenon, but the disease course and its underlying processes are of basic and clinical interest. Herein is reported the case of a pregnant, 31-year-old patient who developed ALL, followed by septic shock and SR of ALL. Information is summarized from earlier case reports and incidences of SR in ALL, to identify common ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0971-4502,0974-0449
DOI: 10.1007/s12288-014-0351-y