Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in β-thalassaemia - Single centre study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 499-503

  Hashmi, K U ^a   Khan, B ^a   Ahmed, P ^a   Hussain, I ^b   Rasul, S ^b   Hanif, E ^a   Naeem, M ^a   Iqbal, H ^a   Malik, H S ^a  

^a Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre   (Pakistan)

^b Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUDARABINE; FOLINIC ACID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA; SIBLING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 9644309388     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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