Unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia in patients with Down's syndrome

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 453-455

  Pawlowska, A B ^a,b   Davies, S M ^a   Orchard, P J ^a   Wagner, J E ^a   Ramsay, N K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMT; Down's syndrome; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; MYELOPOIESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE;

EID: 0029841938     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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