A case of acute respiratory failure related to rituximab therapy;Une pneumopathie alvéolo-interstitielle hypoxémiante associée à la prise de rituximab

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 2 PART 1, 2004, Pages 407-410

  Jullien, V ^a   Perrin, C ^a   Peyrade, F ^b   Lemoigne, F ^a   Chichmanian, R M ^a   Blaive, B ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Drug induced pneumonia; Lymphoma; Pneumonia; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA;

EID: 3042721915     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71304-2     Document Type: Article

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