Immediate and Delayed Complications of Dexamethasone Cyclophosphamide Pulse (DCP) Therapy

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 713-718

  Jain, Rajesh ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

DCP; Immediate and delayed complications

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; AMENORRHEA; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANDIDIASIS; CATARACT; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA EDEMA; DELUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPNEA; FACE BURN; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MIGRAINE; MOUTH DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAIL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARESTHESIA; PEMPHIGUS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POLYURIA; PSYCHOSIS; RASH; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TINGLING; SLEEP DISORDER; STEROID THERAPY; TASTE DISORDER; TUBERCULOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0242711310     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00464.x     Document Type: Article

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