Treatment of adenovirus-associated haemorrhagic cystitis with ganciclovir

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 997-999

  Chen, F E ^a   Liang, R H S ^a   Lo, J Y ^b   Yuen, K Y ^a   Chan, T K ^a   Peiris, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; BMT; Ganciclovir; Haemorrhagic cystitis

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADENOVIRUS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030810060     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700997     Document Type: Article

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