Cutaneous side effects of medium dose methotrexate in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 278-280

  Van Den Bos, Cor ^a   Bierings, Marc B ^a   Bruin, Marrie C A ^a   Rademaker, Carin M A ^a   Van Haselen, Christian W ^b   Révész, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Methotrexate; Side effects; Skin

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CHILD; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG DERMATOSES; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034082693     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(200004)34:4<278::AID-MPO14>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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