Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 817-826 , July 2009

Lung Function, Pulmonary Complications, and Mortality after Allogeneic Blood and Marrow Transplantation in Children

  • Zühre Kaya

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Hematology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Weiner

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pulmonology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Deniz Yilmaz

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Hematology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Jason Rowan

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT, Children's Hospital of Pittuburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Rakesh K. Goyal

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Hematology Oncology and BMT, Children's Hospital of Pittuburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests: Rakesh K. Goyal, MD, Peditric Hemaology, Oncology and BMT, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, FP, 08-108 Hematology, Oncology, Blood and Marrow Transplant, Children's Hospital Drive, 45th and Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.

Received 15 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 March 2009.

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 Financial disclosure: See Acknowledgments on page 825.

PII: S1083-8791(09)00158-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.03.019

Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Volume 15, Issue 7 , Pages 817-826 , July 2009

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