Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for sickle cell anaemia: The first 50 patients transplanted in Belgium

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Vermylen, C ^a   Cornu, G ^a   Ferster, A ^b   Brichard, B ^a   Ninane, J ^a   Ferrant, A ^a   Zenebergh, A ^a   Macs, P ^a   Dhooge, C ^c   Benoit, Y ^c   Beguin, Y ^d   Dresse, M F ^d   Sariban, E ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Sickle cell anaemia; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0031870487     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701291     Document Type: Article

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