Agranulocytosis in cocaine users in Ohio: Suspected levamisole taint

Leukemia Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Herms, Benjamin ^a   Kaplon, Michael ^a,b   Baumann, Michael ^a,b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; LEVAMISOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG HALF LIFE; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LETTER; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTUM DISEASE; SORE THROAT; UNITED STATES;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; OHIO;

EID: 80051472536     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: 18735835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.05.012     Document Type: Letter

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