Sarcoidosis as an unusual cause of hepatic dysfunction following reduced intensity conditioned allogeneic stem cell transplantation [3]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 511-512

  Gooneratne, L ^a   Lim, Z Y ^a   du Vivier, A ^a   Salisbury, J R ^a   Knisely, A S ^a   Ho, A Y L ^a   Pagliuca, A ^a   Mufti, G J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALEMTUZUMAB; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BUSULFAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FLUDARABINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GROWTH FACTOR; LANSOPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN V; PORPHYRIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPENIA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SIDEROSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; SARCOIDOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34247216184     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705606     Document Type: Letter

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