Extracorporeal photochemotherapy as an effective treatment modality in chronic graft-versus-host disease

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-162

  Balda, Bernd Rüdiger ^a   Konstantinow, Alexander ^a   Starz, Hans ^a   Gnekow, Astrid ^a   Heidemann, Peter ^a  

^a Dept of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

8 Methoxypsoralen (8 MOP); Bone marrow transplantation (BMT); Chronic graft versus host disease (cGvHD); Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP)

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOXSALEN; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 0029783529     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0926-9959(96)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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