Severe eosinophilia as a manifestation of acute graft-versus-host disease

Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 134-136

  Paralkar, Vikram R ^a   Goradia, Ami ^b   Luger, Selina M ^c   Loren, Alison W ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor lymphocyte infusion; Eosinophilia; Graft versus host disease

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCONAZOLE; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GRAFT VS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 51349139188     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000155224     Document Type: Article

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