Prevention of hepatitis B virus transmission from an infected stem cell donor [5]

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-400

  Piekarska, A ^a   Zaucha, J M ^a   Hellmann, A ^a   McDonald, G B ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; LAMIVUDINE; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DISINFECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LEUKAPHERESIS; MALE; SIBLINGS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34547624165     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: 14765365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1705740     Document Type: Letter

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