Severe hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with anagrelide

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1228-1231

  Raghavan, Murugan ^a   Mazer, Mark A ^a   Brink, David J ^b  

^a Department of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Anagrelide; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANAGRELIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIARRHEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NAUSEA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; QUINAZOLINES; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0042424757     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1D071     Document Type: Article

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