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The accelerated or blastic phase of chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) ultimately leads to the demise of eighty percent of patients with this disease [ 1]. Anemia, thrombocytopenia, a rising percent of immature cells in the peripheral blood and bone marrow are the characteristic laboratory features. In addition some patients have moderate to extensive marrow fibrosis.
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Carbone, P.P., Canellos, G.P., De Vita, V.T. (1970). Therapy of the Blastic Phase of Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia. In: Mathé, G. (eds) Advances in the Treatment of Acute (Blastic) Leukemias. Recent Results in Cancer Research / Fortschritte der Krebsforschung / Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, vol 30 . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-35334-9_21
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