Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-negative blood transfusions in CMV-negative inflammatory bowel disease patients [1]

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1184-

  Berkelhammer, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLON RESECTION; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548639785     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20136     Document Type: Letter

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