Reproducibility in retrospective grading of acute graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-279

  Martin, P ^a,b   Nash, R ^a,b   Sanders, J ^a,c   Leisenring, W ^a   Anasetti, C ^a,b   Deeg, H J ^a,b   Storb, R ^a,b   Appelbaum, F ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft versus host disease; Marrow transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0031962108     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701083     Document Type: Article

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