Encephalopathy in pediatric patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is associated with a poor prognosis

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1151-1157

  Woodard, Paul ^a   Helton, K ^a   McDaniel, H ^a   Khan, R B ^a   Thompson, S ^a   Hale, G ^a   Benaim, E ^a   Kasow, K ^a   Leung, W ^a   Horwitz, E ^a   Srivastava, D K ^a   Tong, X ^a   Yusuf, U ^a   Cunningham, J M ^a   Handgretinger, R ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Leukoencephalopathy; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; STROKE; SURVIVAL; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 2942705722     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704480     Document Type: Article

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