Unrelated cord blood transplantation in children with sickle cell disease: Review of four-center experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 641-644

  Adamkiewicz, Tom V ^a   Szabolcs, Paul ^b   Haight, Ann ^c   Baker, K Scott ^d   Staba, Susan ^e   Kedar, Amos ^e   Chiang, K Y ^c   Krishnamurti, Lakshmanan ^f   Boyer, Michael W ^g   Kurtzberg, Joan ^b   Wagner, John E ^d   Wingard, John R ^e   Yeager, Andrew M ^h  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reduced intensity conditioning; Sickle cell disease; Umbilical cord transplant; Unrelated donor transplant

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; HYDROXYUREA; RITUXIMAB; THIOTEPA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MALE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STROKE; TRANSPLANTATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNRELATED CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 34547428427     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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