Hydroxyurea-induced acute interstitial pneumonitis in a patient with essential thrombocythemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 187-188

  Quintas Cardama A ^a   Perez Encinas M ^a   Gonzalez, S ^a   Bendana A ^a   Bello, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential thrombocythemia; Fever; Hdroxyurea; Interstitial pneumonitis; Side effect

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANAGRELIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CEFTAZIDIME; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTHEMIA;

HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 0344348849     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050498     Document Type: Article

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