Extracorporeal photochemotherapy as second- or first-line therapy of acute GVHD

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 963-965

  Merlin, E ^a,b,c   Paillard, C ^a,b   Rochette, E ^a,b   David, A ^a,b   Isfan, F ^a,b   Dore E ^a,b   Demeocq F ^a,b,c   Kanold, J ^a,b,c  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; BUSULFAN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTOSTATIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONMYELOABLATIVE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PHOTOPHERESIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952420234     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2009.271     Document Type: Letter

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