Acute tumor lysis syndrome in large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma induced by steroids and anti-CD 20

Hematology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 222-224

  Mourad, Yasser Abou ^a   Taher, Ali ^a   Shamseddine, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BICARBONATE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ALKALINIZATION; ANURIA; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIURESIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LETTER; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; TACHYPNEA; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; STEROIDS; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME;

EID: 0038729634     PISSN: 14664860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200244     Document Type: Letter

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