Intra-arterial catheter directed therapy for severe graft-versus-host disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 760-764

  Shapira, Michael Y ^a   Bloom, Allan I ^a   Or, Reuven ^a   Sasson, Talia ^a   Nagler, Arnon ^a   Resnick, Igor B ^a   Aker, Memet ^a   Zilberman, Irina ^a   Slavin, Shimon ^a   Verstanding, Anthony ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angiography; Corticosteroids; Graft versus host disease; Intra arterial therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18744390015     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03923.x     Document Type: Article

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