Peripheral nerve entrapment: An unusual adverse event with high-dose interleukin-2 therapy [1]

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-536

  Sikora, S S ^a   Samsonov, M E ^a   Dookeran, K A ^a   Edington, H ^a   Lotze, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030016606     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010647     Document Type: Letter

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