Theophylline as a therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a case report and review of literature

被引：11

作者：

Basu, S ^{[1
]}

Mitra, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chittaranjan Natl Canc Inst, Dept Med Oncol, Kolkata, W Bengal, India

来源：

HAEMATOLOGIA | 2000年 / 30卷 / 03期

关键词：

CLL; theophylline;

D O I：

10.1163/156855900300109242

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

We herein, report that theophylline which can induce apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells both in vitro and in vivo, also appears to be effective when used clinically to treat an advanced CLL patient.

引用

页码：225 / 227

页数：3

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