Fatal giant cell myocarditis after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation [2]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-94

  Yabe, M ^a   Ishiguro, H ^a   Yasuda, Y ^a   Takakura, I ^a   Matsuda, S ^a   Shimamura, K ^a   Kato, S ^a   Yabe, H ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; ETOPOSIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THALIDOMIDE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL MYOCARDITIS; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; GIANT CELLS; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 38349051031     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705869     Document Type: Letter

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