Treatment with High-dose Methylprednisolone for Hepatic Veno-occlusive Disease in a Child with Rhabdomyosarcoma

• Autori principali: I-Lun Chen (Autore), San-Nan Yang (Autore), Chih-Cheng Hsiao (Autore), Kuan-Sheng Wu (Autore), Jiunn-Ming Sheen (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Elsevier, 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD), also called sinusoidal obstruction syndrome, is rapidly progressing and involves life-threatening complications that can occur in patients receiving chemotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation. No completely satisfactory treatment strategies have yet been es...