Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Induced by Paclitaxel in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lung: A Case Report

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 C, 2004, Pages 1135-1137

  Hiraki, Akio ^a   Aoe, Keisuke ^a   Murakami, Tomoyuki ^a   Maeda, Tadashi ^a   Eda, Ryosuke ^a   Takeyama, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti hypersensitivity prophylaxis failure; Lung squamous cell carcinoma; Paclitaxel; Stevens Johnson syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; IRINOTECAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME;

EID: 2442526770     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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