Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for paediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-127

  Messina, Chiara ^a   Locatelli, Franco ^b   Lanino, Edoardo ^c   Uderzo, Cornelio ^d   Zacchello, Graziella ^a   Cesaro, Simone ^a   Pillon, Marta ^a   Perotti, Cesare ^b   Del Fante, Claudia ^b   Faraci, Maura ^c   Rivabella, Lucia ^c   Calore, Elisabetta ^a   De Stefano, Pietro ^b   Zecca, Marco ^b   Giorgiani, Giovanna ^b   Brugiolo, Alessandra ^a   Balduzzi, Adriana ^d   Dini, Giorgio ^c   Zanesco, Luigi ^a   Dall'Amico, Roberto ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e ULSS 4 Alto Vicentino   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP); Graft versus host disease (GVHD); Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHOXSALEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOPHERESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038345300     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04401.x     Document Type: Article

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