Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition induces trichomegaly

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-346

  Dueland, Svein ^a,b   Sauer, Torill ^a   Lund Johansen, Fridtjof ^a   Østenstad, Bjørn ^a   Tveit, Kjell Magne ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEFITINIB; IMATINIB; IRINOTECAN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; EYEBROW; EYELASH; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; TRICHOMEGALY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYELASHES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0038163630     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860310006038     Document Type: Article

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