Severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia following cardiac transplantation in a child

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-96

  Chitlur, Meera ^a   Abella, Esteban ^a,b   Singh, Tajinder P ^a   Savaşan, Süreyya ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; HHV6; Neutropenia; Tacrolimus; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; TACROLIMUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 13744260238     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00233.x     Document Type: Article

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