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Results and Significance of Six Randomized Trials in Four Consecutive ALL-BFM Studies

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Acute Leukemias II

Part of the book series: Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion ((HAEMATOLOGY,volume 33))

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In addition to all the biological properties and clinical features of individual patients with acute leukemia, the quality of therapy itself has evolved as the most relevant predictive factor for cure or failure. Leukemia is still a life-threatening condition and needs adequate management, irrespective of the phenotypic or genotypic characterization of the leukemic clone.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Hannover Medical School, Germany

    H. Riehm & A. Reiter

  2. Dept. of Pediatrics, Berlin Free University, Germany

    G. Henze

  3. Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Frankfurt, Germany

    B. Kornhuber

  4. Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Gießen, Germany

    F. Lampert

  5. Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Tübingen, Germany

    D. Niethammer

  6. Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Münster, Germany

    G. Schellong

  7. St. Anna Children’s Hospital, Vienna, Austria

    H. Gadner

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  1. Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 33, D-4400, Münster, Federal Republic of Germany

    T. Büchner , G. Schellong , W. Hiddemann  & J. Ritter , ,  & 

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Riehm, H. et al. (1990). Results and Significance of Six Randomized Trials in Four Consecutive ALL-BFM Studies. In: Büchner, T., Schellong, G., Hiddemann, W., Ritter, J. (eds) Acute Leukemias II. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74643-7_81

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