Successful Treatment of Two Children with Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis with 2′-Deoxycoformycin

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 154-158

  McCowage, Geoffrey B ^a   Frush, Donald P ^a   Kurtzberg, Joanne ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Deoxycoformycin; Langerhans' cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMOPRESSIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ETOPOSIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PENTOSTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PENTOSTATIN;

EID: 0030015258     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199605000-00011     Document Type: Article

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