Acute quadriplegic myopathy following autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for breast cancer

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 835-837

  Samuelsson, J ^a   Zackrisson, H ^a   Tokics, L ^a   Ljungman, P ^a   Lidbrink, E ^a   Pircher, P ^b   Larsson, L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b State College   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous stern cell transplantation; Breast cancer; Myopathy; Myosin; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOFILAMENT; MYOPATHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032918397     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701661     Document Type: Article

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