Cotransplantation of haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells to enhance engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells and to reduce the risk of graft failure in two children with severe aplastic anemia

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-502

  Fang, Baijun ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Song, Yongping ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Zhao, Robert Chunhua ^b   Ma, Yuanfang ^c  

^a Henan Tumor Hospital   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graft failure; Mesenchymal stem cell; Severe aplastic anemia; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; MEPREDNISONE; METHOTREXATE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRICS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL; RISK REDUCTION; SIBLING; TRANSFUSION;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 65549124547     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01002.x     Document Type: Article

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