Transmission of glioblastoma multiforme following bilateral lung transplantation from an affected donor: Case study and review of the literature

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Armanios, Mary Y ^a   Grossman, Stuart A ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a   White, Barbara ^b   Perry, Arie ^c   Burger, Peter C ^a   Orens, Jonathan B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN RADIATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MYOSITIS; ORGAN DONOR; OXYGEN THERAPY;

ADULT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 4344580567     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S1152851703000474     Document Type: Article

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