Characterization and analysis of the outcome of adults with acute myeloid leukemia treated in a Brazilian University hospital over three decades

We evaluated the outcome of 227 patients with acute myeloid leukemia during three decades (period 1 - 1980’s, N = 89; period 2 - 1990’s, N = 73; period 3 - 2000’s, N = 65) at a single institution. Major differences between the three groups included a higher median age, rates of multilineage dysplasi...

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Main Authors: J.T. Souto Filho, R.D. Portugal, M. Loureiro, W. Pulcheri, M. Nucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000700008&lng=en&tlng=en