Neuropathological findings after bone marrow transplantation: An autopsy study of 180 cases

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-307

  Bleggi Torres, L F ^a   De Medeiros, B C ^a   Werner, B ^a   Zanis Neto, J ^a   Loddo, G ^a   Pasquini, R ^a   De Medeiros, C R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Central nervous system; Cerebrovascular disorders; Infections

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0033970410     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702140     Document Type: Article

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