Bone marrow failure from medication error: Diagnosis by history, not biopsy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 1911-1912

  Sweet, J M ^a   Holstege, C P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; FELODIPINE; FLUINDOSTATIN; FOLINATE CALCIUM; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CASE REPORT; ERROR; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MOUTH ULCER; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0034881605     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.161.15.1911     Document Type: Note

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