Cytomegalovirus monitoring by polymerase chain reaction of whole blood samples from patients undergoing autologous bone marrow or peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1490-1493

  Hebart, H ^b   Schroder A ^b   Loffler J ^b   Klingebiel, T ^b   Martin, H ^b   Wassmann, B ^b   Gerneth, F ^b   Rabenau, H ^b   Jahn, G ^b   Kanz, L ^b   Muller C A ^b   Einsele, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 16944362350     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516484     Document Type: Article

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