The significance of graft-versus-host disease and pretransplantation minimal residual disease status to outcome after allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1982-1984

  Uzunel, Mehmet ^a,b   Mattsson, Jonas ^a   Jaksch, Marie ^a   Remberger, Mats ^a   Ringdén, Olle ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035885924     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V98.6.1982     Document Type: Article

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