Stem cell transplantation for thalassaemia

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Gaziev, Javid ^a   Lucarelli, Guido ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Late complications; Stable mixed chimerism; Stem cell transplantation; Thalassaemia major

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEFEROXAMINE; FLUDARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; IRON CHELATING AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHELATION THERAPY; CHIMERA; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GONADAL DISEASE; GRAFT REJECTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVING DONOR; PHLEBOTOMY; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 11944259875     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60811-5     Document Type: Article

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