Unrelated bone marrow transplantation for β-thalassemia patients: The experience of the Italian bone marrow transplant group

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 186-195

  La Nasa, Giorgio ^a   Argiolu, Franca ^b   Giardini, Claudio ^c   Pession, Andrea ^d   Fagioli, Franca ^e   Caocci, Giovanni ^a   Vacca, Adriana ^a   De Stefano, Piero ^f   Piras, Eugenia ^a   Ledda, Antonio ^a   Piroddi, Antonio ^b   Littera, Roberto ^a   Nesci, Sonia ^c   Locatelli, Franco ^f  

^a Binaghi Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

HLA compatibility criteria; Thalassemia; Unrelated bone marrow transplantation

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; METHOTREXATE; THIOTEPA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CODING; PESARO CLASSIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

EID: 29744432093     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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