“Red Hand Syndrome” Due to Cytarabine in a Case of Mantle Cell Lymphoma

  • Ankur Jain
  • Pankaj Malhotra
  • Gaurav Prakash
  • Subhash Varma
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Keywords

Cytarabine Mantle Cell Lymphoma Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Skin Toxicity Cutaneous Toxicity 
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Conflicts of interests

The authors Ankur Jain, Pankaj Malhotra, Gaurav Prakash and Subhash Varma disclose no conflicts of the interests.

Informed Consent

Informed consent was obtained from the patient prior to submission of the paper.

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© Indian Society of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine 2016

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ankur Jain
    • 1
  • Pankaj Malhotra
    • 2
  • Gaurav Prakash
    • 2
  • Subhash Varma
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of HematologyPGIMER ChandigarhChandigarhIndia
  2. 2.Department of Hematology, 4th floor, Nehru HospitalPGIMER ChandigarhChandigarhIndia

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