OUR EXPERIENCE IN TREATMENT OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA WITH IMATINIB MESYLATE

<p>Background. Chronic myeloid leukemia is a clonal disease of hematopoietic stem cell which progresses through three phases. During progression, leukemic cells become therapy resistant and patients die of acute leukemia. Disease specific is the presence of Philadelphia chromosome, the result...

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Main Authors: Marjana Glaser, Tatjana Grmek Zemljič, Peter Borin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2004-04-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
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Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2282