The impact of histopathologic examination of graft-versus-host disease in the era of reduced-intensity conditioning regimen: A study from the Gruppo Italiano Trapianto di Midollo Osseo

Human Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-268

  Massi, Daniela ^a   Fondi, Cristina ^a   Nozzoli, Chiara ^b   Benemei, Silvia ^a   Lapi, Francesco ^a   Albarello, Luca ^c   Avellini, Claudio ^d   Bonoldi, Emanuela ^e   Casini, Marco ^f   Cesinaro, Anna Maria ^g   Ciceri, Fabio ^c   Colombetti, Vito ^f   Comin, Camilla Eva ^a   Donelli, Amedea ^g   Fortunato, Mirella ^h   Fratoni, Stefano ⁱ   Guidi, Stefano ^b   Messerini, Luca ^a   Milone, Giuseppe ^j   Rapezzi, Davide ^h   Negri, Giovanni ^f   Patriarca, Francesca ^d   Peccatori, Fedro Alessandro ^k   Ponzoni, Maurilio ^c   Rafaniello, Paola ^k   Raimondi, Roberto ^e   Salomone, Edvige ^j   Tendas, Andrea ⁱ   Villari, Loredana ^j   Santucci, Marco ^a   Bosi, Alberto ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d AOU Udine   (Italy)

^e Vicenza Hospital   (Italy)

^f CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^h Hospital of Cuneo   (Italy)

ⁱ S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j Ospedale Ferrarotto   (Italy)

^k EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Graft versus host disease; Histopathology; Reduced intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751585222     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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