Kinetics of serum cytokines after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: interleukin-5 as a potential marker of acute graft-versus-host disease

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 92-97

  Imoto, Shion ^a  

^a HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Donor lymphocyte infusion; Graft versus host disease; IL 5; Serum cytokine levels

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD DISEASE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-5; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034221640     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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