Bleomycin and cyclophosphamide toxicity simulating metastatic nodules to the lungs in childhood cancer

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Arush, Myriam Weyl Ben ^a,d   Roguin, Ariel ^a   Zamir, Eli ^b   El Hassid, Ronit ^a   Pries, Diana ^c   Gaitini, Diana ^a   Dale, Ari ^a   Postovsky, Sergy ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Cyclophosphamide; Pediatric malignancies; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NODULE; MALE;

EID: 0030967089     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880019709041598     Document Type: Article

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