Complete atrioventricular block induced by rituximab in monotherapy in an aged patient with non-Hodgkin's diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 298-299

  Cervera Grau, José Manuel ^a   Galiana, Gaspar Esquerdo ^a   Candela, Ana Belso ^a   Ferrándiz, Cristina Llorca ^a   Marroquí, Asunción Juárez ^a   Escalante, Sonia Maciá ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE ELDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac block; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

DIPHENHYDRAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; RITUXIMAB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DYSLIPIDEMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS; STROKE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; STROKE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 56149101389     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0201-1     Document Type: Article

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