Haematologica (Jul 2010)

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcome of pediatric patients with chronic myeloid leukemia

  • Asim F. Belgaumi,
  • Ali Al-Shehri,
  • Mouhab Ayas,
  • Mohammed Al-Mahr,
  • Amel Al-Seraihy,
  • Ali Al-Ahmari,
  • Hassan El-Solh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2009.015180
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 95, no. 7

Abstract

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As chronic myeloid leukemia is rare in children, most data on imatinib mesylate therapy is derived from adult studies. We retrospectively evaluated pediatric (