Reduction of 5-azacitidine induced skin reactions in MDS patients with evening primrose oil

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-428

  Platzbecker, Uwe ^a   Aul, Carlo ^b   Ehninger, Gerhard ^a   Giagounidis, Aristoteles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b ST JOHANNES HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; PRIMROSE OIL; LINOLEIC ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; LETTER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS;

AZACITIDINE; DERMATITIS; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACIDS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PLANT OILS;

EID: 77649296804     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0824-5     Document Type: Letter

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