Renal tuberculosis in an imatinib-treated chronic myeloid leukemia

ABSTRACT Imatinib, which inhibits tyrosine kinase activity of Bcr-Abl protein, is a standard form of treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Through its immunomodulatory effect it affects T cell function in a number of ways. It inhibits antigen-induced T cell activation and proliferation. Anti...

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Main Authors: Abhilash Chandra, Namrata Rao, Kiran Preet Malhotra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2020-04-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002020000300366&tlng=en