Chlorambucil-induced seizures

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1009-1013

  Salloum, Emile ^a   Khan, Kalsoom K ^a   Cooper, Dennis L ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse effects; central nervous system; chlorambucil; malignant; neoplasms; nephrotic syndrome; seizures

Indexed keywords

CEFOPERAZONE; CHLORAMBUCIL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOLID TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CHLORAMBUCIL; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0031054046     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970301)79:5<1009::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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