Bendamustine Associated with Irreversible Ascending Paralysis

Bendamustine is an alkylating agent currently used in the treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders. Many adverse effects, including a rare case of reversible neurotoxicity, have been reported in association with bendamustine. Herein, we report the first case of irreversible ascending paralysis rel...

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Autores principales: Alhafez, Ashraf, Aljitawi, Omar S., Lin, Tara L., Ganguly, Siddhartha, Abhyankar, Sunil, McGuirk, Joseph P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3600208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23533850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/931519
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Sumario:Bendamustine is an alkylating agent currently used in the treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders. Many adverse effects, including a rare case of reversible neurotoxicity, have been reported in association with bendamustine. Herein, we report the first case of irreversible ascending paralysis related to bendamustine.

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