Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for Alexander's disease

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-249

  Staba, M J ^a   Goldman, S ^a   Johnson, F L ^b   Huttenlocher, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexander's disease; AlloBMT; Leukodystrophy

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030853866     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700871     Document Type: Article

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