PRIMARY PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION IN A PATIENT WITH CD8 T-CELL LARGE GRANULOCYTE LEUKEMIA - AMELIORATION BY CLADRIBINE THERAPY/

Authors
ROSSOFF LJ GENOVESE J COLEMAN M DANTZKER DR
Citation
Lj. Rossoff et al., PRIMARY PULMONARY-HYPERTENSION IN A PATIENT WITH CD8 T-CELL LARGE GRANULOCYTE LEUKEMIA - AMELIORATION BY CLADRIBINE THERAPY/, Chest, 112(2), 1997, pp. 551-553
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
112
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
551 - 553
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1997)112:2<551:PPIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We report a case of primary pulmonary hypertension in an adult man wit h CD8/T-cell large granulocyte leukemia. Successful treatment of his l eukemia with cladribine resulted in dramatic and sustained improvement of his pulmonary hypertension.