Total dose iron dextran infusion in cancer patients: Is it safe 2+?

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 669-676

  Gilreath, Jeffrey A ^a   Stenehjem, David D ^a,b   Rodgers, George M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERUMOXYTOL; IRON DEXTRAN;

ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED ANEMIA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INDUCED EMESIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 84860735219     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0066     Document Type: Review

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