Prospective study on allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo BMT) versus chemotherapy (chemo) for very high-risk (vhr) childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in first complete remission

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue , 2001, Pages S22-S24

  Uderzo, C ^a   Balduzzi, A ^a   De Lorenzo, P ^a   Valsecchi, M G ^b   Gadner, H ^c   Klingebiel, T ^d   Zimmermann, M ^e   Schrappe, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034836894     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703173     Document Type: Article

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