Bilateral osteonecrosis of the head of the femur complicating acute promyelocytic leukemia: A sequel to treatment of retinoic acid syndrome with dexamethasone

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 88-91

  Al Bahar, Soad ^a   Pandita, Ramesh ^a   Hoffbran, A V ^b  

^a KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; All transretinoic acid; Dexamethasone; Head of femur; Osteonecrosis; Retinoic acid syndrome

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOIC ACID SYNDROME;

ADULT; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0030038044     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: 14219662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203722     Document Type: Article

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