Is imatinib safe during pregnancy?

Leukemia Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 572-573

  Dolai, Tuphan Kanti ^a   Bhargava, Rahul ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   Mishra, P ^a   Seth, T ^a   Pati, H P ^a   Saxena, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; PIPERAZINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PYRIMIDINES;

EID: 60249089114     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2008.08.002     Document Type: Letter

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