Severe infusion reaction induced by trastuzumab: A case report

Breast Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-169

  Tada, Keiichiro ^a   Ito, Yoshinori ^a   Hatake, Kiyohiko ^a   Okudaira, Taeko ^a   Watanabe, Jun Ichiro ^a   Arakawa, Masahiro ^a   Miyazato, Masayo ^a   Irie, Tetsuya ^a   Mizunuma, Nobuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Syunji ^a   Aiba, Keisuke ^a   Horikoshi, Noboru ^a   Kasumi, Fujio ^b  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Cancer Institute Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Severe infusion reaction; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642290107     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967644     Document Type: Article

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