Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-374

  Kesik, Vural ^a   Citak, Caglar ^a   Kismet, Erol ^a   Koseoglu, Vedat ^a   Akyuz, Canan ^b  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ORBIT DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 64149101327     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00989.x     Document Type: Article

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