A new pattern of cytosine-arabinoside-induced lung toxicity

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 771-774

  Chagnon, Karine ^a   Boissel, Nicolas ^a   Raffoux, Emmanuel ^a   Dombret, Hervé ^a   Tazi, Abdellatif ^a   Bergeron, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Cytosine arabinoside; Hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Lung nodules; Lung toxicity

Indexed keywords

CLOFARABINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG FEVER; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG TOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CYTARABINE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449401620     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07895.x     Document Type: Letter

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