Reconstitution of cytomegalovirus specific T cells after pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplantation: Results from a pilot study using a multi-allele CMV tetramer group

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 348-352

  Koehl, Ulrike ^a,e   Dirkwinkel, E ^a   Koenig, M ^a   Erben, S ^a   Soerensen, J ^a   Bader, P ^a   Doerr, H W ^b   Preiser, W ^c   Weissinger, E ^d   Klingebiel, T ^a   Martin, H ^a   Lehrnbecher, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Institute of Medical Virology   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation; Child; CMV specific T lymphocyte; Cytomegalovirus; Immunoreconstitution

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CIDOFOVIR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; HLA ANTIGEN; MELPHALAN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; RIBAVIRIN; TETRAMER; THIOTEPA; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FANCONI ANEMIA; FARBER DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA TYPING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PILOT STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALASSEMIA; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 56349106929     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1086029     Document Type: Article

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