Bioethical considerations of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis: Donor transfer after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 824-831

  Hardy, Nancy M ^b   Grady, Christine ^c   Pentz, Rebecca ^d   Stetler Stevenson, Maryalice ^b   Raffeld, Mark ^b   Fontaine, Laura S ^e   Babb, Rebecca ^c   Bishop, Michael R ^b   Caporaso, Neil ^b   Marti, Gerald E ^a,f  

^a Office of Cellular Tissues and Gene Therapies   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

B cells; Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Ethics; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSFER; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BONE MARROW; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LIVING DONORS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 36148997704     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06862.x     Document Type: Article

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