Dactinomycin (AMD) is an effective drug in the management of several malignant disorders and has been used for almost 40 years. Skin and subcutaneous toxicities following extravasation are well known and can be harmful. Similarly radiation-recall is a well established phenomenon following the admini
Cutaneous toxicity following administration of dactinomycin
β Scribed by Van Gool, Stefaan W.; van den Oord, Joost; Uyttebroeck, Anne; Brock, Penelope
- Book ID
- 101217142
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 39 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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