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bleomycin

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ble·o·my·cin  (bl-msn)
n.
An antibiotic that is obtained from cultures of the bacterium Streptomyces verticillus and used in the form of its sulfate for the treatment of various neoplasms.

[Alteration of phleomycin, a related antibiotic : phleo-, of unknown meaning + -mycin.]


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Patients received two cycles of ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine), MOPP/ABV (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone), or other ABVD-like chemotherapy.
Already 92 patients have come from as far afield as Thailand to receive the treatment which involves injecting bleomycin into the birthmark.
Best regards, Gwendoline--Spain A: Dear Gwen, The following comes from U of Tokyo: Scleroderma also Dermal sclerosis We have recently established a mouse model for scleroderma by repeated local injections of bleomycin (See publications).
 
 
 
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