Bilateral diaphragm weakness after chemotherapy for lymphoma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Stevens, Whitney W ^a   Sporn, Peter H S ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; BILATERAL DIAPHRAGM WEAKNESS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM INJURY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FLUOROSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NOTE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DIAPHRAGM; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84897469724     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201304-0642IM     Document Type: Note

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