Complete vaginal obstruction caused by chronic graft-versus-host disease after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Diagnosis and treatment

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 591-595

  Costantini, S ^a,c   Chiodi, S ^b   Spinelli, S ^b   Bosi, S ^a   Marchiole P A ^a   Fulcheri, E ^a   Baccini, P ^a   Bacigalupo, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Geneva Department of Education   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; THIOTEPA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE VAGINAL OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; OBSTRUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESSARIES; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 4544349682     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001722851     Document Type: Article

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