Chagas' disease after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 447-448

  Altclas, J ^a   Jaimovich, G ^a,b   Milovic, V ^a   Klein, F ^a   Feldman, L ^a  

^a IMA   (Argentina)

^b Antartida Private Hospital   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Chagas' disease; Infection

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYUREA; MEPREDNISONE; NIFURTIMOX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER TOXICITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029789837     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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