Severe tumor lysis syndrome following splenic irradiation

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-76

  Schifter, Theodor ^a,b   Cohen, Amos ^a,b   Lewinski, Uri H ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Radiation therapy; Splenic irradiation; Tumor lysis syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CALCIUM; CHLORAMBUCIL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM ION; PREDNISONE; URIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERURICEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; SPLEEN;

AGED; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; RADIATION INJURIES; SPLEEN; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 0032889519     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199901)60:1<75::AID-AJH14>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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