Recommendations on the use of colony-stimulating factors in children: Conclusions of a European panel

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 955-966

  Schaison, G ^a   Eden, O B ^b   Henze, G ^c   Kamps, W A ^d   Locatelli, F ^e   Ninane, J ^f   Ortega, J ^g   Riikonen, P ^h   Wagner, H P ⁱ  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^h KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ Swiss Inst for Appl Cancer Res   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Granulocyte; Growth factors; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; APLASTIC ANEMIA; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; GRANULOCYTOSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COLONY-STIMULATING FACTORS; EUROPE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 0031742247     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050978     Document Type: Review

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