Disappearance of pre-existing high HHV-6 DNA load in blood after allogeneic SCT [2]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 805-806

  Hubacek, P ^a   Hyncicova, K ^a   Muzikova, K ^a   Cinek, O ^a   Zajac, M ^a   Sedlacek, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; ETOPOSIDE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DONOR; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LETTER; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS LOAD; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 34948828521     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705813     Document Type: Letter

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