Advances in the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 966-975

  Qian, Liren ^a   Wu, Zhengcheng ^a   Shen, Jianliang ^a  

^a NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute graft versus host disease; Hydrogen; Stem cell transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE; ARTICLE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT;

ACUTE GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE; HYDROGEN; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION;

EID: 84888198344     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12093     Document Type: Article

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