Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in chronic myeloid leukaemia: Complication of hydroxyurea therapy

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 329-331

  Pamuk, Gülsüm Emel ^a,b   Turgut, B ^a   Vural, O ^a   Demir, M ^a   Tek, M ^a   Altaner, S ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Hydroxyurea; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141528461     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2003.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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