Acute abdomen by varicella zoster virus induced gastritis after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in a patient with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-61

  Scholl, S ^a,b   Hocke, M ^a   Hoffken K ^a   Sayer, H G ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Internal Medicine II ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Acyclovir; Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Gastritis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARMUSTINE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; THIOTEPA;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH LESION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTRITIS; GASTROSCOPY; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PYLORIC ANTRUM; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 33745601738     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092349     Document Type: Article

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