Diagnosis and management of subdural haematoma complicating bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 549-552

  Colosimo, M ^a   McCarthy, N ^a   Jayasinghe, R ^a   Morton, J ^a   Taylor, K ^b   Durrant, S ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Subdural haematoma

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGROMA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0034011257     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702166     Document Type: Article

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