Optimal prevention of seizures induced by high-dose busulfan

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1502-1510

  Eberly, Andrea L ^a   Anderson, Gail D ^a   Bubalo, Joseph S ^c   McCune, Jeannine S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Benzodiazepines; Busulfan; Drug interactions; HCT; Hematopoietic cell transplantation; Phenytoin; Seizure prophylaxis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUSULFAN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE A1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE P1; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ATAXIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COORDINATION DISORDER; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PROPHYLAXIS; RASH; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOMNOLENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

EID: 57149109783     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.28.12.1502     Document Type: Review

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