BK virus encephalitis in an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipient

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 499-

  Behre, G ^a   Becker, M ^a   Christopeit, M ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BK VIRUS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; FATALITY; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

BK VIRUS; DNA PRIMERS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 54349095341     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2008.198     Document Type: Article

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