Hydroxyurea-induced fever and hepatitis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 657-659

  Westerman, D A ^a   Schwarer, A ^b   Grigg, A P ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; THROMBOCYTHEMIA;

EID: 0032460190     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb00664.x     Document Type: Article

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