Low platelet count reduces subsequent complete remission rate despite marrow with <5% blasts after AML induction therapy

Leukemia. 2015 Aug;29(8):1779-80. doi: 10.1038/leu.2015.23. Epub 2015 Feb 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Blast Crisis / drug therapy*
  • Blast Crisis / pathology*
  • Bone Marrow Cells / cytology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Induction Chemotherapy
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Platelet Count
  • Prognosis
  • Remission Induction