A new rapid desensitization protocol for chemotherapy agents

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-112

  Gastaminza, G ^a   de la Borbolla, J M ^a   Goikoetxea, M J ^a   Escudero, R ^a   Anton J ^a   Espinos J ^a   Lacasa, C ^a   Fernandez Benitez M ^a   Sanz, M L ^a   Ferrer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carboplatin; Chemotherapy agents; Desensitization; Hypersensitivity reactions; Paclitaxel

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CARBOPLATIN; DEXCHLORPHENIRAMINE; DOCETAXEL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955134975     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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