Myxedema ascites in the posttransplant setting: Case report

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 216-218

  McDonough, Colleen H ^a,d   Lee, Linda ^b   De Beur, S Jan ^b   Arai, Sally ^c   Vogelsang, Georgia B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUSH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allogeneic BMT; Ascites; Hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHOXSALEN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFECTION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MYXEDEMA; NEUTROPENIA; PARACENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SYMPTOM;

ASCITES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXEDEMA;

EID: 0036830556     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10208     Document Type: Article

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