Possible transfer of vitiligo by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: A case report

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1058-1061

  Mellouli, Fethi ^a   Ksouri, Habib ^a   Dhouib, Nawel ^a   Torjmen, Lamia ^a   Abdelkefi, Abderrahman ^a   Ladeb, Saloua ^a   Othman, Tarek Ben ^a   Hmida, Slama ^b   Hassen, Assia Ben ^a   Béjaoui, Mohamed ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^b Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Graft vs. host disease; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHIMERA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMIPLEGIA; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; ORGAN DONOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN DEFECT; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VITILIGO;

EID: 73349086562     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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