Case report: Acronecrosis of the superior limbs from gemcitabine therapy;Acronecrosi degli arti superiori da gemcitabina: Segnalazione di un caso clinico

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-210

  D'Alessandro, Vito ^a   Errico, M ^a   Varriale, A ^a   Greco, A ^a   De Cata, A ^a   Carnevale, V ^a   Grilli, M ^a   De Luca, P ^a   Brucoli, I ^b   Susi, M ^b   Camagna, A ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disorders; Digital necrosis; Gemcitabine

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; GEMCITABINE;

ACANTHOSIS; ACRONECROSIS; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; LIMB DISEASE; MEDIAN NERVE; NECROSIS; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PARESTHESIA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VASCULITIS;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; FINGERS; GANGRENE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NECROSIS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038033854     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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