Temozolomide-related infections: Review of the literature

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 547-550

  Kizilarslanoglu, M C ^a   Aksoy, S ^b   Yildirim, N O ^b   Ararat, E ^a   Sahin, I ^a   Altundag, Kadri ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaplastic astrocytoma; Glioblastoma multiforme; Infections; Metastatic melanoma; Temozolomide

Indexed keywords

TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; DACARBAZINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 80053997408     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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