FK506-induced intractable leukoencephalopathy following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 331-334

  Misawa, A ^a   Takeuchi, Y ^a   Hibi, S ^a   Todo, S ^a   Imashuku, S ^b   Sawada, T ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto City Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; FK506; Leukoencephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0033977036     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702143     Document Type: Article

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