Thymoma-associated severe aplastic anemia treated with surgical resection followed by allogeneic stem-cell transplantation

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 3374-3375

  Trisal, Vijay ^a   Nademanee, Auayporn ^a   Lau, Sean K ^a   Grannis Jr , Frederic W ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THORACOSCOPY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34548272168     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.11.6871     Document Type: Article

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