HLA-identical umbilical cord blood transplantation from a sibling donor in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-304

  De Vries, Andrica C H ^a   Bredius, Robbert G M ^b   Lankester, Arjan C ^b   Bierings, Marc ^c   Trebo, Monika ^d   Sedlacek, Petr ^e   Niemeyer, Charlotte M ^f   Zecca, Marco ^g   Locatelli, Franco ^g   Van Den Heuvel Eibrink, Marry M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; HLA identical; JMML; Umbilical cord blood transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ISOTRETINOIN; MERCAPTOPURINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DATA BASE; DONOR; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOLOGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION; JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; LETTER; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, JUVENILE; MALE; SIBLINGS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449086667     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2008.000216     Document Type: Letter

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