What we know and mostly do not know about bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Martin, P J ^a   Chien, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; GLUCOCORTICOID; MONTELUKAST;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CARBON MONOXIDE DIFFUSION CAPACITY; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84863393566     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bmt.2011.38     Document Type: Review

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