Encephalopathy complicating high-dose melphalan

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1141-1143

  Schuh, A ^a   Dandridge, J ^a   Haydon, P ^a   Littlewood, T J ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; High dose melphalan; Myeloma; Peripheral blood stem cell transplant; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0032712280     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702041     Document Type: Article

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