Recurrence of langerhans' cell granulomatosis following lung transplantation

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 326-327

  Gabbay, E ^a   Dark, J H ^a   Ashcroft, T ^b   Milne, D ^a   Gibson, G J ^a   Healy, M ^a   Corris, P A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Langerhans' cell granulomatosis; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DENDRITIC CELL; DYSPNEA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 0031950582     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.4.326     Document Type: Article

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