Fatal pulmonary toxicity after a single dose of cyclophosphamide

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 616-618

  Gupta, Shilpa ^a,b   Mahipal, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Apartment 406 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Cyclophosphamide; Drug toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; SIMVASTATIN; VINCRISTINE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR DAMAGE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TOXICITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RARE DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, FOLLICULAR;

EID: 34047224077     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.27.4.616     Document Type: Article

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