Clinical significance of skin biopsies in the diagnosis and management of graft-vs-host disease in early postallogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 717-721

  Zhou, Youwen ^a   Barnett, Michael J ^a   Rivers, Jason K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 0034044248     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.136.6.717     Document Type: Article

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