Influence of protective isolation on outcome of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1231-1238

  Passweg, J R ^a   Rowlings, P A ^a   Atkinson, K A ^b   Barrett, A J ^c   Gale, R P ^d   Gratwohl, A ^e   Jacobsen, N ^f   Klein, J P ^a   Ljungman, P ^g   Russell, J A ^h   Schaefer, U W ⁱ   Sobocinski, K A ^a   Vossen, J M ^j   Zhang, M J ^a   Horowitz, M M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Salick Health Care Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h Alberta Bone Marrow Transplant Program   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^j LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Infection prophylaxis; Protective isolation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031849022     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701238     Document Type: Article

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