Acute erythroleukemia in a rheumatoid arthritis patient during low-dose methotrexate therapy

Rheumatology International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-313

  Choi, Byung Ryul ^a   Ahn, Myung Ju ^b   Woong, Soo Lee ^b   Kim, Tae Hwan ^a   Bae, Sang Cheol ^a   Jun, Jae Bum ^a  

^a Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute erythroleukemia; Low dose methotrexate; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPENIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; METHOTREXATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044387442     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-004-0502-9     Document Type: Article

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