Human herpesvirus 6 meningoencephalitis successfully treated with ganciclovir in a patient who underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from an HLA-identical sibling

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Yoshida, Hitoshi ^a,b   Matsunaga, Kazumi ^a   Ueda, Takeshi ^a   Yasumi, Masato ^a   Ishikawa, Jun ^a   Tomiyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allogeneic BMT; Ganciclovir; HHV 6; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SIBLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOGRAFT; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

EID: 1842865256     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982136     Document Type: Article

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