Female genital tract graft-versus-host disease following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Haematologica

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1163-1168

  Spinelli, Simonetta ^a   Chiodi, Sandra ^b   Costantini, S ^b   Van Lint, Maria Teresa ^a   Raiola, Anna Maria ^a   Ravera, Gianbattista ^b   Bacigalupo, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Martino ^*

Author keywords

Allogeneic transplantation; Graft versus host disease; Gynecological manifestations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0242267560     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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