Carboxypeptidase G2 rescue in a 79 year-old patient with cranial lymphoma after high-dose methotrexate induced acute renal failure

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 35, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 631-635

  Krackhardt, Angela ^a   Schwartz, Stefan ^a   Korfel, Agnieszka ^a   Thiel, Eckhard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboxypeptidase G2; Lymphoma; Methotrexate toxicity; Renal dysfunction

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE G2; CARMUSTINE; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOXICITY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 0033396598     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428199909169631     Document Type: Article

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