Full-blown graft-versus-host disease presenting with skin manifestations, jaundice and diarrhoea: An unusual paraneoplastic phenomenon of a thymoma

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 565-569

  Sleijfer, Stefan ^a   Kaptein, Aukje ^a   Versteegh, Michel I M ^b   Hegt, Vincent Noordhoek ^a   Snels, Dyon G C T M ^a   Van Tilburg, Antonie J P ^a  

^a SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graft versus host disease; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THYMOMA;

DIARRHEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SKIN DISEASES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0038740730     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200305000-00019     Document Type: Article

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