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Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female

The course of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed since the introduction of imatinb, and its side-effects are still being reported. We are reporting a case of a CML patient who presented to us with discoloration of the upper front teeth following 6 months of therapy with imatinib. On detailed...

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Autores principales: Agrawal, Prabhat, Singh, Omkar, Nigam, Ashwini Kumar, Upadhyay, Shalini
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26729966
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.169576
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author Agrawal, Prabhat
Singh, Omkar
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Upadhyay, Shalini
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description The course of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed since the introduction of imatinb, and its side-effects are still being reported. We are reporting a case of a CML patient who presented to us with discoloration of the upper front teeth following 6 months of therapy with imatinib. On detailed evaluation, the patient was found to have imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation.
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spelling pubmed-46890282016-01-04 Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female Agrawal, Prabhat Singh, Omkar Nigam, Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, Shalini Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch The course of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has changed since the introduction of imatinb, and its side-effects are still being reported. We are reporting a case of a CML patient who presented to us with discoloration of the upper front teeth following 6 months of therapy with imatinib. On detailed evaluation, the patient was found to have imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4689028/ /pubmed/26729966 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.169576 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Agrawal, Prabhat
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Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female
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title_fullStr Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female
title_full_unstemmed Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female
title_short Imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female
title_sort imatinib-induced dental hyperpigmentation in chronic myeloid leukemia in an adult female
topic Drug Watch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4689028/
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