1. Nail toxicities induced by liposomal doxorubicin: A retrospective case series
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Mariacarmela Santarpia, Roberta Giuffrida, Serafinella P. Cannavò, Giuseppe Altavilla, Francesco Borgia, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Mario Vaccaro, Vaccaro, M, Santarpia, M, Borgia, F, Giuffrida, R, Altavilla, G, Piraccini, Bm, and Cannavò, Sp.
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Liposomal Doxorubicin ,Dermatology ,Polyethylene Glycols ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,Nail Diseases ,0302 clinical medicine ,nail, liposomal doxorubicin, longitudinal melanonychia ,Medicine ,Humans ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Retrospective Studies ,Antibiotics, Antineoplastic ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Retrospective cohort study ,Middle Aged ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Nails ,Doxorubicin ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Nail (anatomy) ,Female ,business - Abstract
Drug-induced nail abnormalities may be occasional, and described only in single case reports, or be consistently associated with intake of a drug. Nail changes caused by drugs are often dose-related, appear in temporal relation with drug intake and usually disappear after its withdrawal.
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- 2017