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Huang Cheng(黄成 )

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Traditional topics Molecular biology, Botany, Zoology,

Ecology and the Environment,Microbiology

Interdisciplinary areas Experimental, Clinical and Veterinary Medicine,

Biotechnology and Genetics,Agriculture and Nutrition, Biochemistry,Pharmacology, Public Health

Related areas Methods, Instrumentation

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Sample Article RecordTI Title: Successful ribavirin therapy for severe adenovirus hemorrhagic cystitis after

allogeneic marrow transplant from close HLA donors rather than distant donors.

AU Author, Editor, Inventor: Miyamura-K {a}; Hamaguchi-M; Taji-H; Kanie-T; Kohno-A; Tanimoto-M; Saito-H; Kojima-S; Matsuyama-T; Kitaori-K; Nagafuji-K; Sato-T; Kodera-Y

AD Author Address: {a} First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Tsurumai-cho 65, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

SO Source: Bone-Marrow-Transplantation. March, 2000; 25 (5): 545-548..

PY Publication Year: 2000

DT Document Type: Article-English

IS ISSN (International Standard Serial Number): 0268-3369

LA Language: English

LS Language of Summary: English

AB Abstract: Intravenous ribavirin was given to nine patients who had developed severe adenovirus-induced hemorrhagic cystitis (AD-HC) which was resistant to conventional therapy or where there was involvement of other organs after allogeneic BMT. Three patients recovered completely from AD-HC, two of whom had been resistant to vidarabine. All three had received sibling BMTs (2 HLA matched, 1 HLA mismatched)………..

AI Abstract Indicator: Y

Sample Article RecordMC Major Concepts: Infection-; Hematology- (Human-Medicine, Medical-Sciences);

Pharmacology-

ST Super Taxa: Adenoviridae-: Animal-Viruses, Viruses-, Microorganisms-; Hominidae-: Primates-, Mammalia-,Vertebrata-, Chordata-, Animalia-

OR Organisms: adenovirus- (Adenoviridae-): pathogen; human- (Hominidae-): patient, adult

TN Taxa Notes: Animal-Viruses; Animals-; Chordates-; Humans-; Mammals-; Microorganisms-; Primates-; Vertebrates-; Viruses-

CB Chemicals and Biochemicals: HLA-; ribavirin-: antiviral-drug

DS Diseases: adenovirus-induced hemorrhagic-cystitis [AD-HC]: urologic-disease, viral-disease

RN CAS Registry Number (R): 36791-04-5: RIBAVIRIN

MQ Methods and Equipment: allogeneic-marrow-transplantation: therapeutic-method

MI Miscellaneous Descriptors: clinical symptoms

AN Accession Number: 200000170837

UD Update Code: 20000425

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