Leukocyte transfusions revisited: Stem cell graft stimulation in graft failure

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1247-1252

  Taskinen, Mervi ^a,c   Talvensaari, Kimmo ^b   Hovi, Liisa ^a   Vettenranta, Kim ^a   Saarinen Pihkala, Ulla M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Finnish Red Cross   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Febrile neutropenia; Leukocyte transfusion; Non engraftment

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MELPHALAN; THIOTEPA; TOPOTECAN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FANCONI ANEMIA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 42349088465     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21526     Document Type: Article

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