Varicella-Zoster Virus Disease Is More Frequent after Cord Blood Than after Bone Marrow Transplantation

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 867-871

  Vandenbosch, Kristel ^a   Ovetchkine, Philippe ^b   Champagne, Martin A ^a   Haddad, Elie ^b   Alexandrov, Lubomir ^a   Duval, Michel ^a  

^a Centre de Cancerologie Charles Bruneau   (Canada)

^b Pavillon Marie de la Ferre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cord blood transplantation; Immune reconstitution; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BUSULFAN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS CULTURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILITY; REGENERATION;

EID: 48949118491     PISSN: 10838791     EISSN: 15236536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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