Cytomegalovirus retinitis as an adverse immunological effect of pulses of vincristine and dexamethasone in maintenance therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-331

  Moritake, Hiroshi ^a   Kamimura, Sachiyo ^a   Kojima, Hitomi ^a   Shimonodan, Hidemi ^a   Harada, Masako ^a   Sugimoto, Takako ^a   Nao i, Nobuhisa ^a   Nunoi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Cytomegalovirus retinitis; Dexamethasone; Maintenance therapy; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GANCICLOVIR; HEMOGLOBIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; VALGANCICLOVIR; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

6-MERCAPTOPURINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY; METHOTREXATE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84871146709     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24298     Document Type: Article

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