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This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by GHITIS, J. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by GHITIS, J. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  Blood, 1963, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 237-240. © 1963 American Society of Hematology, Inc. Brief Note: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia? JACOBO GHITIS 1 1 Hospital Universitario, Cali, Colombia. A case of promyelocytic leukemia is presented. It was characterized by 1) a clinical picture of acute leukemia, 2) predominance of promyelocytes in the bone marrow smear, 3) predominance of promyelocytes (as the abnormal leukocyte) in the peripheral blood, 4) a rapidly fatal course and 5) necropsy findings of acute myelogenous leukemia. Unfortunately, the patient died before plasma fibrinogen and other clotting factors could be determined. Promyelocytic leukemia has only recently been considered as a distinct clinical entity. Fibrinogenopenia seems to be a constant finding. The use of 6-mercaptopurine plus corticosteroids apparently produced remissions in two of the 24 patients reported in the last 4 years. Submitted on June 11, 1962 CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: J. J. Rand, W. C. Moloney, and H. S. Sise Coagulation Defects in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Arch Intern Med, January 1, 1969; 123(1): 39 - 47. [Abstract] [PDF]

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