Onycholysis and subungual haemorrhages secondary to systemic chemotherapy (paclitaxel)

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-460

  Ghetti, E ^a   Piraccini, B M ^a   Tosti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapeutic agents; Haemorrhages; Onycholysis; Paclitaxel; Taxanes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEUKOPENIA; MASTECTOMY; NAIL COLOR DEFECT; NAIL DISEASE; NAIL PIGMENTATION; ONYCHOLYSIS; PARONYCHIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; PACLITAXEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038267302     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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