Evidence for basophilic differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukaemia cells during arsenic trioxide therapy

Br J Haematol. 2009 Mar;144(5):798-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07507.x. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

Authors

Yosuke Masamoto¹, Yasuhito Nannya, Syunya Arai, Yukako Koike, Akira Hangaishi, Yutaka Yatomi, Mineo Kurokawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology & Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 19036092
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07507.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
Arsenic Trioxide
Arsenicals / therapeutic use*
Basophils / pathology*
Cell Differentiation / drug effects
Humans
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / drug therapy
Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / pathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Oxides / therapeutic use*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Arsenicals
Oxides
Arsenic Trioxide