Association between alopecia and response to aggressive chemotherapy in patients with Hodgkin's disease

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-449

  Lishner, M ^a   Manor, Y ^a   Kitay Cohen, Y ^a   Elis Avishay, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CHLORMETHINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032700745     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0790     Document Type: Article

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