Serial intestinal endoscopic examinations of patients with persistent diarrhea after allo-SCT

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 694-699

  Martinez C ^a   Rosales, M ^a   Calvo, X ^a   Cuatrecasas, M ^b   Rodriguez Carunchio, L ^b   Llach, J ^c   Fernandez Aviles F ^a   Rosinol L ^a   Rovira, M ^a   Carreras, E ^a   Urbano Ispizua A ^a  

^a Institute of Hematology and Oncology   (Spain)

^b Biomedical Diagnostic Center   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allo SCT; gastrointestinal tract; GVHD

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETANERCEPT; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA MATCHING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOSCOPY; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84860890662     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2011.143     Document Type: Article

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