Human herpesvirus-6 meningoencephalitis in a recipient of an unrelated allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1408-1411

  Rieux, Claire ^a   Gautheret Dejean, Agnes ^b   Challine Lehmann, Dominique ^a   Kirch, Caroline ^a   Agut, Henri ^b   Vernant, Jean Paul ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFECTION RISK; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032572014     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199805270-00024     Document Type: Article

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