Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in three dogs with melphalan and prednisolone
Treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in three dogs with melphalan and prednisolone
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1748-5827.2004.tb00239.x
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发表时间:
2004-06-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Tsujimoto, H
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作者:
Fujino, Y;Sawamura, S;Tsujimoto, H
Three adult dogs with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) were successfully treated with melphalan and prednisolone. Based on the immunophenotypic analysis of leukaemic cells, two dogs were diagnosed with B cell CLL and one dog was tentatively diagnosed as having T cell CLL. One dog with B cell CLL had IgM monoclonal gammopathy. The clinical signs and haematological abnormalities associated with CLL in the three dogs improved with the administration of cytoreductive melphalan (3 to 5 mg/m(2)/day) and prednisolone (4-3 to 30 mg/m(2)/day) for eight to 210 days. There were no severe adverse effects except a mild increase in plasma alkaline phosphatase activity. Melphalan and prednisolone therapy may achieve remission with few side effects in dogs with CLL.