Ganciclovir for the treatment of cytomegalovirus gastroenteritis in bone marrow transplant patients: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 505-510

  Reed, Elizabeth C ^a,c   Wolford, John L ^a,d   Kopecky, Kenneth J ^a,b   Lilleby, Kathryn E ^a,b   Dandliker, Paula S ^a,b   Todaro, Jane L ^a,b   McDonald, George B ^a,b   Meyers, Joel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROENTERITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENDOSCOPY; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025361146     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-112-7-505     Document Type: Article

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