Bone marrow transplants from hla-identical siblings as compared with chemotherapy for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a second remission

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 19, 1994, Pages 1253-1258

  Barrett, A John ^a   Horowitz, Mary M ^b   Pollock, Brad H ^c   Zhang, Mei Jie ^b   Bortin, Mortimer M ^b   Buchanan, George R ^d   Camitta, Bruce M ^b   Ochs, Judith ^e   Graham Pole, John ^c   Rowlings, Philip A ^b   Rimm, Alfred A ^f   Klein, John P ^b   Shuster, Jonathan J ^c   Sobocinski, Kathleen A ^b   Gale, Robert Peter ^g  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Salick Health Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028109796     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199411103311902     Document Type: Article

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