Prospective evaluation for upper gastrointestinal tract acute graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 573-578

  Wakui, M ^a   Okamoto, S ^a,b   Ishida, A ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Watanabe, R ^a   Yajima, T ^a   Iwao, Y ^a   Hisamatsu, T ^a   Hibi, T ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; GVHD; Stem cell transplantation; Upper gastrointestinal tract

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0032981999     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701613     Document Type: Article

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