Amiodarone and cyclophosphamide: Potential for enhanced lung toxicity

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1109-1111

  Bhagat, R ^a   Sporn, T A ^a   Long, G D ^a   Folz, R J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Cyclophosphamide; Drug induced lung toxicity; Interstitial pneumonitis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; OXYGEN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

AMIODARONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034949880     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703039     Document Type: Article

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