Stem cell transplantation for patients with Fanconi anemia with low-dose cyclophosphamide and antithymocyte globulins without the use of radiation therapy

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 463-466

  Ayas, M ^a   Al Jefri, A ^a   Al Mahr, M ^a   Rifai, S ^a   Al Seraihi, A ^a   Tbakhi, A ^a   Mustafa, M ^b   Khairy, A ^a   Moussa, E ^a   Iqbal, A ^a   Shalaby, L ^a   El Solh, H ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antithymocyte globulins; Cyclophosphamide; Fanconi anemia; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MESNA; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY; SATISFACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 20144373728     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704787     Document Type: Article

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