Six cases of leprosy associated with allogeneic hematopoietic SCT

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 859-863

  Pieroni, F ^a   Stracieri, A B P L ^a   Moraes, D A ^a   Paton, E J A ^b   Saggioro, F P ^a   Barros, G M N ^a   Barros, J C ^c   Oliveira, M C B ^a   Coutinho, M A ^a   Castro, N S ^c   Vigoritto, A C ^d   Trabasso, P ^d   Souza, C A ^d   de Souza, M P ^e   Mauad, M A ^e   Colturato, V A R ^e   Simoes B P ^a   Foss, N P ^a   Voltarelli, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Barretos Cancer Hospital Pio XII Foundation   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de Misericordia de Goiania   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e Cancer Hospital of Jaú Amaral Carvalho Foundation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DAPSONE; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35648956138     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705824     Document Type: Article

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