Thymoma-associated graft-versus-host disease-like erythroderma

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1130-1132

  Nakagiri, Tomoyuki ^a   Okumura, Meinoshin ^a   Inoue, Masayoshi ^a   Minami, Masato ^a   Kiyohara, Eiji ^a   Umegaki, Noriko ^a   Nakamura, Toshiaki ^a   Tomita, Yasuhiko ^a   Katayama, Ichirou ^a   Aozasa, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graft versus host disease like erythroderma; Thymoma; Thymoma associated immunological disorder

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; PACLITAXEL; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHRODERMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METASTASIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY; THYMOMA;

EID: 37349050254     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31815ba23a     Document Type: Article

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