Renal phosphate loss in Iraqi chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated by imatinib mesylate
BACKGROUND: The use of BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate improved outcomes for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Hypophosphatemia is found to be associated with imatinib mesylate use; the exact mechanism of this is not clear yet but mostly related to a drug-induced prox...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Iraqi Journal of Hematology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2072-8069;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=72;epage=76;aulast=Al-Taee |