Cerebral toxoplasmosis - A late complication of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1363-1365

  Zver, S ^a   Cernelc P ^b   Mlakar, U ^b   Pretnar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral toxoplasmosis; Late reactivation; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0033369662     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702075     Document Type: Article

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