Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-242

  Dunford, Lauren M ^a   Roy, David M ^a   Hahn, Theresa E ^a   Padmanabhan, Swaminathan ^a   Segal, Brahm H ^a   Almyroudis, Nikolaos ^a   McCarthy Jr , Philip L ^a   Battiwalla, Minoo ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPSONE; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APHASIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; COORDINATION DISORDER; CYANOSIS; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PARESTHESIA; PNEUMONIA; SLURRED SPEECH; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DAPSONE; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 31344470200     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2005.10.008     Document Type: Letter

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