Aluminum toxicity following intravesical alum irrigation for hemorrhagic cystitis

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-67

  Kanwar, Vikramjit S ^a   Jenkins III, Jesse J ^a,b   Mandrell, Belinda N ^a   Furman, Wayne L ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alum; aluminum; children; cystitis; encephalopathy; leukemia; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; ALUMINUM SULFATE; DEFEROXAMINE; MYLANTA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLADDER IRRIGATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ALUM COMPOUNDS; ALUMINUM; ANTIDOTES; CYSTITIS; DEFEROXAMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 0029913804     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199607)27:1<64::AID-MPO13>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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