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
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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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author Alhafez, Ashraf
Aljitawi, Omar S.
Lin, Tara L.
Ganguly, Siddhartha
Abhyankar, Sunil
McGuirk, Joseph P.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-36002082013-03-26 Bendamustine Associated with Irreversible Ascending Paralysis Alhafez, Ashraf Aljitawi, Omar S. Lin, Tara L. Ganguly, Siddhartha Abhyankar, Sunil McGuirk, Joseph P. Case Rep Hematol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-02-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3600208/ /pubmed/23533850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/931519 Text en Copyright © 2013 Ashraf Alhafez et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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