Leukoencephalopathy and papovavirus infection after treatment with chemotherapy and anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 100 (3) , 1104-1105
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2002-04-1271
Abstract
Goldberg et al[1][1] recently reported a few unusual viral infections after high-dose chemotherapy with autologous blood stem cell rescue associated to peritransplantation rituximab. In their paper, the authors describe 4 cases of either JC papovavirus or cytomegaloviral (CMV) infections afterKeywords
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