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Ten of these patients died of complications (hyperleukocytosis, cardiomyopathy,encephalopathy, or bleeding) before or within the first few days of treatment,and 12 patients died of complications that were more closely related to the treatment (sepsis or pneumonia, 10 patients; massive bleeding from an ulcer, 1 patient; and hepatopathy and cardiomyopathy after 3 doses of vincristine and daunorubicin, 1 patient).
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