retinoic acid syndrome

English

Noun

retinoic acid syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A potentially life-threatening complication of acute promyelocytic leukemia, first thought to be specifically associated with tretinoin treatment, and characterized by dyspnea, fever, weight gain, hypotension, and pulmonary infiltrates.
    Synonyms: (initialism) RAS, differentiation syndrome
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