Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis in a patient undergoing unrelated cord blood transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome-overt leukemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Fukuno, Kenji ^a,b   Tomonari, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Ooi, Jun ^a   Takasugi, Kashiya ^a   Tsukada, Nobuhiro ^a   Konuma, Takaaki ^a   Iseki, Tohru ^a   Moriwaki, Hisataka ^b   Tojo, Arinobu ^a   Asano, Shigetaka ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cord blood transplantation; Encephalitis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VIRUS DNA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME OVERT LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREDNISOLONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SKIN DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 33748666869     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06044     Document Type: Article

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