The combination of erythropoietin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor increases the rate of haemopoietic recovery with clinical benefit after peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-294

  Pierelli, Luca ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^a   Menichella, Giacomo ^a   D'Onofrio, Giuseppe ^a   Salerno, Giovanna ^a   Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti ^a   Foddai, Maria Laura ^a   Vittori, Mariangela ^a   Lai, Marco ^a   Ciarli, Marina ^a   Puglia, Giovanni ^a   Mancuso, Salvatore ^a   Bizzi, Bruno ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

EPO plus G CSF; Haemopoietic recovery; Peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MELPHALAN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; STEM CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 9044235580     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1502.x     Document Type: Article

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