Surgery for intestinal graft-versus-host disease: Report of two cases

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1573-1576

  Evans, J ^a,b   Percy, J ^a,b   Eckstein, R ^a,b   Ma, D ^a,b   Schnitzler, M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GVHD; Intestinal graft versus host disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE RESECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031672712     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237309     Document Type: Article

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