Necessity of ruling out cytomegalovirus enteritis in cases of erosions and/or ulcerations diagnosed by video capsule endoscopy after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1068-

  Kakugawa, Yasuo ^a   Gotoda, Takuji ^b  

^a Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTERITIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35348978663     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.05.021     Document Type: Letter

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