Cord blood transplantation in a child with Pearson's disease

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-

  Hoyoux, Claire ^a,c   Dresse, Marie Françoise ^a   Robinet, Sébastien ^a   Forget, Patricia ^a   Pieltain, Catherine ^b   Ketelslegers, Olivier ^b   Beguin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU Ulg ^*  (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Regional de La Citadelle   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX I DEFICIENCY; COMPLEX III DEFICIENCY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE DEFICIENCY; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; PEARSON SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACIDOSIS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASM; FETAL BLOOD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MYELOID CELLS; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 50249089462     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21615     Document Type: Letter

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