A rare case of interstitial pneumonitis after tandem high-dose melphalan conditioning and autologous stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-146

  Buxhofer Ausch, Veronika ^a   Ruckser, Reinhard ^a   Kier, Peter ^a   Habertheuer, Karl Heinz ^a   Zelenka, Peter ^a   Tatzreiter, Georg ^a   Ausch, Christoph ^a   Schmid, Isabel ^a   Hruby, Walter ^a   Reiner Concin, Angelika ^a   Sebesta, Christian ^a   Ogris, Emil ^a   Hinterberger Fischer, Margareta ^a   Hinterberger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autologous stem cell transplantation; High dose melphalan; Interstitial pneumonitis; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHRACYCLINES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242781709     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2004.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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