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Acute Leukemia During Pregnancy

Authors: LTC GRANT TAYLOR MC, USA, JOHANNES BLOM MD

Abstract

The management of acute leukemia during pregnancy is difficult. We induced remission in a 23-year-old woman with thioguanine and cytarabine therapy during the 27th week of pregnancy. There were no apparent drug-related, long-term effects on the newborn.

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