Recombinant Factor VIIa to Treat Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 622-623

  Shenoy, Aarthi ^a   Savani, Bipin N ^a   Barrett, A John ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE;

FACTOR VII; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34247123174     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2007.01.070     Document Type: Letter

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