A case of vinblastine overdose managed with plasma exchange

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 344-346

  Spiller, Monica ^a   Marson, Piero ^a   Perilongo, Giorgio ^a   Farina, Maria ^a   Carli, Modesto ^a   Bisogno, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Overdose; Plasma exchange; Vinblastine

Indexed keywords

VINBLASTINE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENTEROPATHY; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METASTASIS; NAUSEA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PLASMA EXCHANGE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 23044500705     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20284     Document Type: Article

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