Successful use of etoposide in an elderly patient with chronic recurrent hemophagocytic syndrome

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-166

  Ogasawara, Toshie ^a   Kawauchi, Kiyotaka ^a   Yasuyama, Masako ^a   Ohkawa, Shin Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic; Etoposide; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Interstitial pneumonia; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ETOPOSIDE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0038313028     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.160     Document Type: Article

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