Multiple autoimmune diseases after autologous stem-cell transplantation [11]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 2734-2736

  Bohgaki, Toshiyuki ^a   Atsumi, Tatsuya ^a   Koike, Takao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CD34 SELECTION; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549011835     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc076383     Document Type: Letter

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