Pancytopenia related to low-dose methotrexate: study of five cases and review of the literature;Pancytopénie sous méthotrexate à faibles doses : étude de cinq observations et revue de la littérature

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 584-588

  Serraj, K ^a   Federici, L ^a   Maloisel, F ^a   Alt, M ^b   Andres E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Centre de Pharmacovigilance d'Alsace   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow failure; Methotrexate; Pancytopeniae; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; METHOTREXATE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FRANCE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; PANCYTOPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHOTREXATE; PANCYTOPENIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548020570     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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