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Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology 5/2016

15.03.2016 | Letter to the Editor

“Imatinib-induced gastric antral vascular ectasia” in a reporting system of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database

verfasst von: Yasuo Oshima, Koichiro Yuji, Arinobu Tojo

Erschienen in: International Journal of Hematology | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Ong and colleagues (Nov. issue) [1] presented three cases with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib who developed gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE). In all three cases GAVE resolved when imatinib was discontinued and two recurred when imatinib was re-started, thus suggesting causality between imatinib and GAVE. However, the latencies from start of imatinib to onset of GAVE in the reported cases were 7, 13 months, and 6 years. The long latencies with wide variation may make their causality less likely, as a long observation period would increase the chances of capturing adventitious events independent of a suspected drug. We thus conducted a prompt data analysis. …
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Titel
“Imatinib-induced gastric antral vascular ectasia” in a reporting system of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database
verfasst von
Yasuo Oshima
Koichiro Yuji
Arinobu Tojo
Publikationsdatum
15.03.2016
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
International Journal of Hematology / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 0925-5710
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-3774
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-016-1980-8

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