Pemetrexed induced aseptic meningitis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-400

  Shah, Binay K ^a   O'Keefe, Sandra ^a  

^a St Joseph Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; PEMETREXED; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; GLUTAMATES; GUANINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84859757286     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.614639     Document Type: Letter

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