Fatal GvHD as a complication of liver transplantation for undetermined fulminant hepatic failure and associated aplastic anemia

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1693-1697

  Schäppi, Michela G ^a   Belli, Dominique C ^a   Rimensberger, Peter C ^a   Chardot, Christophe ^a   Kaya, Gürkan ^a   Tiercy, Jean Marie ^a   Ozsahin, Hulya ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ANAMNESIS; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FATALITY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 33750999353     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20916     Document Type: Article

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