Fever and increasing cANCA titre after kidney and autologous stem cell transplantation for Wegener's granulomatosis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 646-647

  Daikeler, T ^a   Erley, C ^a   Mohren, M ^b   Amberqer, C ^a   Einsele, H ^a   Kanz, L ^a   Kotter I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; MYELOBLASTIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 16344365851     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.029009     Document Type: Article

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