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Complete remission through blast cell differentiation inPLZF/RARα-positive acute promyelocytic leukemia: in vitro and in vivo studies
1 Aug 2002
Abstract excerpt
Acute leukemia with the t(11;17) expressing the PLZF-RARalpha gene fusion is a rare variant of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) that has been associated with poor clinical response to all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) treatment. However, some recent reports have put into question the absolute refractoriness of this leukemia to ATRA. We describe here a patient with PLZF/RARalpha APL who was treated at relapse with...
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