Survival after cytomegalovirus pneumonia in two children receiving autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation (PBPCT)

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 529-531

  Castagnola, E ^a   Dallorso, S ^a   Rabagliati, M ^a   Sacco, O ^a   Kotitsa, Z ^a   Dini, G ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; CMV pneumonia; Peripheral blood progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031884661     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701121     Document Type: Article

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