Ischemic colitis as a manifestation of thrombotic microangiopathy following bone marrow transplantation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1228-1232

  Komeno, Yukiko ^a   Ogawa, Seishi ^a   Ishida, Tateru ^a   Takeuchi, Kengo ^b   Tsujino, Shiho ^a   Kurokawa, Mineo ^a   Aoki, Katsunori ^a   Kanda, Yoshinobu ^a   Chiba, Shigeru ^a   Motokura, Toru ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a   Hirai, Hisamaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complication; GVHD; Ischemic colitis; Stem cell transplantation; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PLEURISY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 9144263551     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1228     Document Type: Article

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