Varicella-zoster virus infection in adult patients after unrelated cord blood transplantation: A single institute experience in Japan

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 802-805

  Tomonari, Akira ^a   Iseki, Tohru ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Ooi, Jun ^a   Takasugi, Kashiya ^a   Shimohakamada, Yoko ^a   Ohno, Nobuhiro ^a   Nagamura, Fumitaka ^a   Uchimaru, Kaoru ^a   Tani, Kenzaburo ^a   Tojo, Arinobu ^a   Asano, Shigetaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Cord blood transplantation; Graft versus host disease; Infection; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN INFECTION; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VISCERA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0042412562     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04496.x     Document Type: Article

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