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Use of L-asparaginase and cytosine arabinoside for refractory acute lymphocytic leukemia with particular reference to T-cell leukemia |
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| Authors: | C. Philip Steuber Gary J. Levy William L. Nix Dell A. Shepherd Kenneth A. Starling Donald J. Fernbach |
| Abstract: | Ten patients with late-stage acute lymphocytic leukemia were treated with L-asparaginase and cytosine arabinoside. Complete remission was achieved in 8 patients including 5 of 5 patients with T-cell leukemia. Major toxicity included anaphylactic reactions in 3 of the 10 patients. |
| Keywords: | T-cell leukemia refractory ALL cytosine arabinoside L-asparaginase |