Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 481-488 , June 2003

The final phase in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) A study on bleeding, infection and pain

  • Ann Marie Stalfelt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/Social Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Haematology, Örebro University Hospital, SE 701 85 Örebro, Sweden. Tel.: +46-19-611-88-40; fax: +46-19-602-4580.
    • ,
  • Håkan Brodin

      Affiliations

    • TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Solveig Pettersson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anna Eklöf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haematology, Medical Centre Hospital, Örebro, Sweden

Received 30 January 2002 ,Accepted 4 October 2002.

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PII: S0145-2126(02)00262-X

doi: 10.1016/S0145-2126(02)00262-X

Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 481-488 , June 2003

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