[2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2-CdA) cladribine therapy in hairy cell leukemia].
1994
P Raanani, and
O Shpilberg, and
I Ben-Bassat
UI
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D007943
Leukemia, Hairy Cell
A neoplastic disease of the lymphoreticular cells which is considered to be a rare type of chronic leukemia; it is characterized by an insidious onset, splenomegaly, anemia, granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, little or no lymphadenopathy, and the presence of "hairy" or "flagellated" cells in the blood and bone marrow.