Unexplained Bone Marrow Granulomas: Is Amiodarone the Culprit? A Report of 2 Cases

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 110-112

  Mukhopadhyay, Surabhi ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a   Abraham Jr , Naif Z ^b   Jones, Lee A ^b   Howard, Leslie ^b   Gajra, Ajeet ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Bone marrow; Granulomas

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CASE REPORT; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0742322841     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10465     Document Type: Article

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