Central and extrapontine myelinolysis following allogeneic peripheral haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation. Favourable outcome in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-64

  Boque C ^a   Petit, J ^a   Aguilera, C ^b   Vicente, L ^a   Granena A ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central and extrapontine myelinolysis; CML; CsA complications; Haematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation; PBPC transplantation

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LABETALOL; NIFEDIPINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY;

EID: 0037258918     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703781     Document Type: Article

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