Life-threatening neurological complications after bone marrow transplantation in children

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-76

  Uckan, Duygu ^a   Cetin, M ^a   Yigitkanli, I ^a   Tezcan, I ^a   Tuncer, M ^a   Karasimav, D ^a   Oguz, K K ^b   Topcu M ^c  

^a U Bone Marrow Transplant/Hematol ^*  (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Neurological complication

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ATHETOSIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; GLOBOID CELL LEUKODYSTROPHY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INFANT; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OMENN SYNDROME; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11844277599     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704749     Document Type: Article

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