Autologous stem cell transplantation of treatment-resistant systemic vasculitis - A single center experience and review of the literature

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Kötter, Ina ^a   Daikeler, T ^b   Amberger, C ^a   Tyndall, A ^b   Kanz, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (autoPBSCT); Systemic vasculitis; Treatment resistant autoimmune disease

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; ETANERCEPT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUDARABINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; MESNA; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEROTONIN 3 ANTAGONIST; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HERPES; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 29244433494     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp64485     Document Type: Article

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