Simultaneous Onset of Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease and Alopecia Areata Following Allogeneic Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation [11]

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-87

  Sanli, Hatice ^a   Kusak, Filiz ^a   Arat, Mutlu ^a   Ekmekci, Pelin ^a   Ilhan, Osman ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALOPECIA AREATA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0842329049     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310020594     Document Type: Letter

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