The role of therapeutic leukapheresis in hyperleukocytotic AML.

Hyperleukocytosis in AML with leukostasis is a serious life-threatening condition leading to a high early mortality which requires immediate cytoreductive therapy. Therapeutic leukapheresis is currently recommended by the American Society of Apheresis in patients with a WBC>100 G/l with signs of...

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Main Authors: Friederike Pastore, Alessandro Pastore, Georg Wittmann, Wolfgang Hiddemann, Karsten Spiekermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986260?pdf=render