Successful treatment of recurrent follicular B-cell lymphoma with clarithromycin, prednisolone, and cyclophosphamide

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-379

  Ohe, Masashi ^a   Hashino, Satoshi ^b  

^a Hokkaido Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; B cell; Clarithromycin; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SOLUBLE INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPY; FEVER; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEG EDEMA; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; RECURRENT CANCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR BIOPSY; URETER DILATATION;

APOPTOSIS; CLARITHROMYCIN; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS;

EID: 84878069499     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2013.28.3.377     Document Type: Letter

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