Successful bone marrow transplantation in a case of Griscelli disease which presented in accelerated phase with neurological involvement

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 931-933

  Tezcan, I ^a   Sanal, O ^a   Ersoy, F ^a   Uckan, D ^a   Kilic S ^a   Metin, A ^a   Cetin, M ^a   Akin, R ^b   Oner C ^a   Tuncer, A M ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Griscelli disease; Neurological involvement

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLONUS; CONDITIONING; CONVULSION; DYSARTHRIA; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0032708696     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702007     Document Type: Article

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