Temozolomide-induced flare in high-grade gliomas: A new clinical entity

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 346-348

  Rosenthal, M A ^a   Ashley, D L ^b   Cher, L ^c  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flare; Glioma; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036380955     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2002.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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