Atypical moles in a patient undergoing chemotherapy with oral 5-fluorouracil prodrug

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 698-700

  Fukushima, S ^a   Hatta, Naohito ^b  

^a Anamizu General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Atypical mole; Chemotherapy; Melanoma; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FLUOROURACIL; HEMOGLOBIN; UFT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; MALE; NEVUS; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MELANOMA; PRODRUGS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4944255873     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06149.x     Document Type: Article

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