Management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in metastatic prostate cancer with only endocrine therapy

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 580-581

  Kanesvaran, Ravindran ^a   Phipps, Colin ^b   Cheng, Christopher W S ^b   Chan, Michelle M F ^b   Khoo, Daphne ^b   Tan, Min Han ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; DOCETAXEL; GOSERELIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETHARGY; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PALLOR; PROSTATE CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 77956074099     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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