Central pontine myelinolysis following bone marrow transplantation complicated by severe hepatic veno-occlusive disease [2]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 733-734

  Fraser, C ^a   Charnas, L ^a   Orchard, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMMONIA; ANTITHROMBIN III; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; MAGNESIUM; METHOTREXATE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FATALITY; FLUID RETENTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; LETTER; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; PONS;

EID: 27244451024     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705115     Document Type: Letter

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