Outcome of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Danish children after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Superior survival following transplantation with matched unrelated donor grafts

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Lausen, B F ^a   Heilmann, C ^a   Vindeloov L ^a   Jacobsen, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Children; Unrelated donor

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DENMARK; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0031693041     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701351     Document Type: Article

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