Efficacy of amlodipine in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Khattak, Sohail ^a   Rogan, John W ^a   Fred Saunders, E ^a   Theis, Jochen G W ^a   Arbus, Gerald S ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031883372     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289803700105     Document Type: Article

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