Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia following chlorambucil treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Kalambokis, Georgios ^a   Stefanou, Dimitrios ^a   Arkoumani, Evdokia ^a   Tsianos, Epameinondas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Chlorambucil; Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Drug induced lung disease

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMBUCIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CHLORAMBUCIL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242793360     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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