Human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis after unrelated umbilical cord blood transplant in children

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 991-994

  Chik, K W ^a   Chan, P K S ^a   Li, C K ^a   Shing, M M K ^a   Lee, V ^a   Cheng, A F ^a   Yuen, P M P ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Human herpesvirus 6; Umbilical cord blood transplant

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MENINX DISORDER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VIRUS DETECTION; WHITE MATTER; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036325982     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703596     Document Type: Article

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