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Cord-Blood Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Confers an Increased Risk for Human Herpesvirus-6-Associated Acute Limbic Encephalitis: A Cohort Analysis
5 May 2012
Abstract excerpt
Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) frequently reactivates after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT); its most severe manifestation is the syndrome of posttransplantation acute limbic encephalitis (HHV-6-PALE). The epidemiology, risk factors, and characteristics of HHV-6-PALE after unrelated cord-blood transplantation (UCBT) are not well characterized. We analyzed 1344 patients undergoing allogeneic...
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