Journal of Armed Forces Medical College ( JAFMC )

Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Evaluation of Myelosupression during Imatinib Mesylate Therapy in Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia


Chronic Myloid Leukaemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm that originates in an abnormal pluripotent stem cell. Imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the drug of choice for CML in the present time. During therapy, a few patients develop myelosuppression and present with cytopenias.

 

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