Home care for children following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Miano, M ^a   Manfredini, L ^a   Garaventa, A ^a   Fieramosca, S ^a   Tanasini, R ^a   Morreale, G ^a   Manzitti, C ^a   Dini, G ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Home care; Paediatric haematology and oncology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYELODYSPLASIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOMA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0038066654     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703892     Document Type: Article

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