Follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with refractory paraneoplastic pemphigus: Case report with review of novel treatment modalities

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2327-2332

  Van Rossum, M M ^a   Verhaegen, N T M ^a   Jonkman, M F ^c   Mackenzie, M A ^b   Koster, A ^b   Van Der Valk, P G M ^a   Span, L F R ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Paraneoplastic pempigus; Plasma exchange; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CD20 ANTIGEN; CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AZATHIOPRINE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PEMPHIGUS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8644276340     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190410001733781     Document Type: Article

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