Successful lithium carbonate treatment for steroid-induced depression following bone marrow transplantation: A case report

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 538-540

  Ito, Mizuho ^a   Onose, Masanari ^b   Yamada, Tomoki ^b   Onishi, Hideki ^c   Fujisawa, Shin ^b   Kanamori, Heiwa ^b  

^a Kinko Hospital   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse effect; Bone marrow transplantation; Depression; Lithium; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MIANSERIN; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THIOTEPA; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0642342304     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg097     Document Type: Article

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