Role of skin biopsy to confirm suspected acute graft-vs-host disease: Results of decision analysis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-182

  Firoz, Bahar F ^a   Lee, Stephanie J ^b   Nghiem, Paul ^c,d   Qureshi, Abrar A ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SKIN BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33244485069     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.2.175     Document Type: Article

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