Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation using umbilical-cord blood

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1287-1299

  Cohen, Yossi ^a   Nagler, Arnon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood transplantation; Bone marrow transplantation; Leukemia; Thalassemia; Umbilical cord

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 0038804134     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000077016     Document Type: Review

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