Taxol produces a predominantly sensory neuropathy

Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 368-373

  Lipton, R B ^a   Apfel, S C ^a   Dutcher, J P ^a   Rosenberg, R ^a   Kaplan, J ^a   Berger, A ^a   Einzig, A I ^a   Wiernik, P ^a   Schaumburg, H H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAXOL;

ADULT; AGED; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALOIDS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PACLITAXEL; SENSATION;

EID: 0024556011     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.39.3.368     Document Type: Article

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