Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Severe Anaemia: A Case of Toxicity Induced by Vemurafenib plus Cobimetinib following Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Melanoma

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  • Tanja Batinac
  • Nika Hlača
  • Luka Simetić
  • Frane Valković
  • Sandra Peternel Department of Dermatovenereology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Braće Branchetta 20, HR-51000, Rijeka, Croatia
  • Larisa Prpić-Massari

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https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.1433

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anemia, cobimetinib, melanoma, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, pembrolizumab, vemurafenib

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2022-02-22

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Batinac, T., Hlača, N., Simetić, L., Valković, F., Peternel, S., & Prpić-Massari, L. (2022). Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Severe Anaemia: A Case of Toxicity Induced by Vemurafenib plus Cobimetinib following Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Melanoma. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 102, adv00650. https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v102.1433

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