Spleen sizing by ultrasound scan and risk of pneumococcal infection in patients with chronic GVHD: Preliminary observations

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Picardi, M ^a   Selleri, C ^a   Rotoli, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Ematologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic GVHD; Encapsulated bacteria infection; Hyposplenism; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Ultrasound scan

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLIN G; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN SIZE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032771694     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701861     Document Type: Article

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