Oral squamous cell carcinoma during long-term treatment with hydroxyurea

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-607

  De Benedittis, M ^a,c   Petruzzi, M ^a   Giardina, C ^a   Lo Muzio, L ^b   Favia, G ^a   Serpico, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TIOGUANINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ICHTHYOSIFORM LESION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAIL DISEASE; PIGMENT DISORDER; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN TOXICITY; SKIN ULCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XEROSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9644300787     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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