Successful treatment of lymphomatoid granulomatosis using Cyclosporin-A after failure of intensive chemotherapy

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 192-195

  Raez, Luis E ^a   Temple, Jack D ^a,c   Saldana, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion; Cyclosporin A; Lung lymphoma; Lymphomatoid granulomatosis; Malignant lymphoma; Postthymic T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOMATOID GRANULOMATOSIS; MALE; MECHLORETHAMINE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0029910799     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199611)53:3<192::AID-AJH8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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