Successful treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Goh, Nicole S L ^a   McDonald, Christine F ^b   MacGregor, Duncan P ^b   Pretto, Jeffrey J ^b   Brodie, Graeme N ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 chlorodeoxy adenosine; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Pulmonary histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTABOM; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; FACIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLADRIBINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037366349     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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