Maintaining high autopsy rates in a Canadian blood and marrow transplant program: Preserving a diagnostic and research tool

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 781-785

  Allan, D S ^a   Belanger R ^a   Busque, L ^a   Cohen, S ^a   Fish, D ^a   Roy, D C ^a   Roy, J ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diagnosis; Frequency; Hematopoietic

Indexed keywords

MYELOABLATIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYELODYSPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18144373818     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704869     Document Type: Article

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