Vemurafenib-associated pancreatitis: Case report

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Muluneh, Benyam ^a,b   Buie, Larry W ^a,b   Collichio, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Drug safety; Gastroenterology; Melanoma; Oncology

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; IPILIMUMAB; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VEMURAFENIB;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; METASTATIC MELANOMA; OLIGURIA; PANCREATITIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 84879517351     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1208     Document Type: Article

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