Pharmacokinetics of melphalan in myeloma patients undergoing an autograft [4]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-708

  Nath, C E ^a   Shaw, P J ^a,b   Trotman, J ^c   Zeng, L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELPHALAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MELPHALAN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOABLATIVE AGONISTS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 34648851333     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705797     Document Type: Letter

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