Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use
Abstract Long‐term use of hydroxyurea can cause leg ulcers which usually do not heal unless the drug is discontinued. Patients should be counseled regarding alternative lines of treatment like anagrelide and pegylated‐interferon.
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doaj-266516272fb34c0e9488b6170db946bd2021-05-15T18:35:46ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-04-01942487248810.1002/ccr3.3991Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea useMohammad Ammad Ud Din0Syed Ather Hussain1Saad Jamshed2Department of Internal Medicine Rochester General Hospital Rochester NY USADepartment of Internal Medicine Rochester General Hospital Rochester NY USADepartment of Hematology & Oncology Rochester General Hospital Rochester NY USAAbstract Long‐term use of hydroxyurea can cause leg ulcers which usually do not heal unless the drug is discontinued. Patients should be counseled regarding alternative lines of treatment like anagrelide and pegylated‐interferon.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3991essential thrombocytosishematologyhydroxyurea |
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Mohammad Ammad Ud Din Syed Ather Hussain Saad Jamshed Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use Clinical Case Reports essential thrombocytosis hematology hydroxyurea |
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Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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Leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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leg ulcer with long‐term hydroxyurea use |
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Wiley |
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Clinical Case Reports |
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2050-0904 |
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2021-04-01 |
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Abstract Long‐term use of hydroxyurea can cause leg ulcers which usually do not heal unless the drug is discontinued. Patients should be counseled regarding alternative lines of treatment like anagrelide and pegylated‐interferon. |
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essential thrombocytosis hematology hydroxyurea |
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3991 |
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