Abstract
The case of a 9-year old girl with end-stage refractory pre-B CD10/CALLA positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is described. The patient was treated with high doses of cytarabine followed by intravenous anti-CD10 monoclonal antibody (J5) in an effort to prevent the recovery of the leukemic CD10 positive clone following the bone marrow hypoplasia resulting from the chemotherapy. The number of CD10 positive cells dissapeared both in the peripheral blood as well as in the bone marrow, but when granulocytic recovery ensued, the patient died from respiratory infection. No evidence of antigenic modulation of the CD10 antigen was observed in the blast cells.
MeSH terms
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
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Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
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Antibodies, Neoplasm / immunology
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Antibodies, Neoplasm / therapeutic use*
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Antigens, Differentiation / immunology*
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Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology*
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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
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Asparaginase / administration & dosage
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Child
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
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Cytarabine / administration & dosage
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Daunorubicin / administration & dosage
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Daunorubicin / analogs & derivatives
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Female
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Humans
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Mercaptopurine / administration & dosage
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Methotrexate / administration & dosage
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Neprilysin
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Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy
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Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / immunology
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Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy*
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Prednisone / administration & dosage
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Remission Induction
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Salvage Therapy*
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Teniposide / administration & dosage
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Vincristine / administration & dosage
Substances
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Antibodies, Monoclonal
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Antibodies, Neoplasm
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Antigens, Differentiation
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Antigens, Neoplasm
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Cytarabine
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Vincristine
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Cyclophosphamide
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Teniposide
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Mercaptopurine
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Neprilysin
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Asparaginase
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Prednisone
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Methotrexate
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Daunorubicin