Clofarabine-induced acral erythema during the treatment of patients with myelodysplasia and acute leukemia: Report of two cases

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1405-1407

  Chiao, Nor ^a   Bumgardner, Amy ^a   Duvic, Magdeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acral erythema; Chemotherapy; Clofarabine; Lymphoblastic leukemia; Myelodysplasia acute leukemia; Side effect

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 9 (2 DEOXY 2 FLUOROARABINOFURANOSYL)ADENINE; 2-CHLORO-9-(2-DEOXY-2-FLUOROARABINOFURANOSYL)ADENINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARABINONUCLEOSIDE; ASPARAGINASE; CLOFARABINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DOCETAXEL; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUDARABINE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; HYDROXYUREA; IDARUBICIN; IMATINIB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MITOTANE; PACLITAXEL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; STEROID; TEGAFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXFOLIATION;

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; ADOLESCENT; ARABINONUCLEOSIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES;

EID: 0038804087     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000090183     Document Type: Article

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