Cutaneous side effects of a long-term treatment by hydroxyurea;Complications cutanées du traitement au long cours par l'hydroxyurée

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-41

  Steels, E ^a   Heenen, M ^a   Germaux, M A ^a   Moens, J P ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CHIREC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cutaneous side effects; Hydroxyurea

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOSIS PALMOPLANTARIS; LEG ULCER; LICHENOID ERUPTION; LONG TERM CARE; MOUTH ULCER; SKIN CANCER;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEG ULCER; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; ORAL ULCER; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644955473     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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