Paclitaxel-induced cardiotoxicity: An ultrastructural study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-91

  Shek, Tony W H ^a   Luk, Ivy S C ^a   Ma, Lily ^a   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; LIPOFUSCIN; MITOXANTRONE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030045949     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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