Publication: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Date
2017
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is the most malignant form of acute leukemia, relatively uncommon in children, rapidly fatal if untreated and several developments have paved the way to make this disease curable. We report a first case to our knowledge in Nepal, a 12 years old boy who was diagnosed as APL and treated with vesanoid 14 years back and has been free from disease till date.
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Kailash Prasad Sah
Kanti Children's Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Susan Bhattarai
Kanti Children's Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Keywords
APL, Retinoic acid syndrome, ATRA