Acquired ichthyosis associated with chronic graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1159-1161

  Dilek, I ^a   Demirer, T ^a,b   Ustun C ^a   Arat, M ^a   Koc H ^a   Beksac M ^a   Erdi, H ^b   Anadolu, R ^b   Ozcan M ^a   Ilhan, O ^a   Akan, H ^a  

^a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acquired ichthyosis; Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Chronic graft versus host disease

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0031803441     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701240     Document Type: Article

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