Chimaerism analyses and subsequent immunological intervention after stem cell transplantation in patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 542-549

  Yoshimi, Ayami ^a   Niemeyer, Charlotte M ^a   Bohmer, Viktoria ^a   Duffher, Ulrich ^a   Strahm, Brigitte ^a   Kreyenberg, Hermann ^b   Dilloo, Dagmar ^c   Zintl, Felix ^d   Claviez, Alexander ^e   Wössmann, Willi ^f   Kremens, Bernhard ^g   Holter, Wolfgang ^h   Niethammer, Dietrich ^b   Beck, James F ^b   Kontny, Udo ^a   Nöllke, Peter ^a   Klingebiel, Thomas ⁱ   Bader, Peter ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chimaerism; Donor leucocyte infusion; Graft versus leukaemia; Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation; Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GRAFT VS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA;

EID: 20044376886     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05489.x     Document Type: Article

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