title: Neuromuscular complications of bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: Six children are reported with neuromuscular complications of allogenic bone marrow transplantation. Myositis occurred in 4, chronic inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy in 1, and myasthenia gravis in 1. Chronic graft-versus-host disease was present in 3. The onset following bone marrow transplant may be delayed.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: August
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Sladky
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000473:pathology; D009220:Myositis / Q000473:pathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous