Simultaneous occurrence of posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome in two cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia induction chemotherapy

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-358

  Gupta, Ajay ^a   Swaroop, Chaitanya ^a   Rastogi, Ruchi ^a   Garg, Rachna ^a   Bakhshi, Sameer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

ALL; Leukoencephalopathy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ASPARAGINASE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIAZEPAM; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMIPENEM; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTONIC BLADDER; INTESTINE DISTENSION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYTIC ILEUS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45749103254     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802016052     Document Type: Article

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