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Ocular Symptom Can Be the First Presentation of Differentiation Syndrome in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
11 Dec 2020
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Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myelocytic leukemia, characterized by the chromosomal abnormality t(15:17) coding a PML/RAR alpha fusion protein that affects differentiation of the promyelocyte cell in bone marrow. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), a key treatment for APL, acts as a differentiating agent in combination with other induction chemotherapy. Differentiation syndrome (DS) is a...
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