Acute scurvy during treatment with interleukin-2

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 811-814

  Alexandrescu, D T ^a   Dasanu, C A ^b   Kauffman, C L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Oncology Practice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESPAN; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCURVY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA; SCURVY;

EID: 70349481138     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03052.x     Document Type: Article

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