The possible involvement of human herpesvirus type 6 in obliterative bronchiolitis after bone marrow transplantation [1]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1103-1105

  Nishimaki, K ^a   Okada, S ^a   Miyamura, K ^a   Ohno, I ^a   Ashino, Y ^a   Sugawara, T ^a   Kondo, T ^a   Hattori, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346121591     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704269     Document Type: Letter

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