Pure red cell aplasia in a prostate cancer patient treated with leuprolide acetate and chlormadinone acetate

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1010-1011

  Kobayashi, Minoru ^a,b   Nukui, Akinori ^b   Morita, Tatsuo ^b  

^a Sano Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined androgen blockade; Prostate cancer; Pure red cell aplasia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTIANDROGEN; CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; RELEASING FACTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; RARE DISEASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE;

EID: 30944449601     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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