Marked increased risk of Epstein-Barr virus-related complications with the addition of antithymocyte globulin to a nonmyeloablative conditioning prior to unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation

Blood

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2874-2880

  Brunstein, Claudio G ^a,b   Weisdorf, Daniel J ^a   DeFor, Todd ^a   Barker, Juliet N ^a   Tolar, Jakub ^a   Van Burik, Jo Anne H ^a   Wagner, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Mayo Mail Code 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONMYELOABLATIVE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; VIREMIA;

EID: 33750621679     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 00064971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-03-011791     Document Type: Article

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